JPJ issued 69k notices for various offences involving 526,215 commercial vehicles in October operation

A total of 69,379 summonses were issued for various offences involving 526,215 commercial vehicles in a special operation focusing by the road transport department (JPJ) on commercial vehicles which was held nationwide from October 1 to 31, reported Bernama.

From the total, 551 commercial vehicles were seized and 133,714 were issued notices, and most of the commercial vehicles seized were for failing to comply with regulations under the Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333), the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 (Act 334) and the Land Public Transport Act 2010 (Act 715), said JPJ senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan.

In terms of vehicle types, the department carried out inspections on 185,340 goods vehicles, 24,208 public service vehicles and 316,667 vehicles of other types, with the largest number of offences recorded in relation to JPJ notice (P) 22, with 100,577 offences, and 13,402 notices issued for the Section 61 (1) inspection order, Muhammad Kifli added.

“Additionally, a total of 10,277 notices were also issued for weighing order (Section 63(3) for the prohibition of motor vehicle use), and 4,533 notices for weighing orders (Section 63(3) for overloaded vehicles),” the JPJ senior enforcement director said.

The operation by the JPJ for commercial vehicles was held in collaboration with the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), which saw a total of 1,713 motorists subjected to urine tests, of which 79 motorists tested positive for drugs.

“We tested 1,324 commercial vehicle drivers as well as 70 public service drivers and 319 drivers of other vehicles, and 71 primary drivers tested positive for drugs, along with eight secondary drivers aged between 22 and 55 years,” Muhammad Kifli said.

Of these, the majority of drivers tested in this operation were aged between 26 and 35 years, with 37 people “mostly testing positive for methamphetamine,” the report wrote.

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