The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will impound and forfeit commercial vehicles found to be in contravention of the Land Public Transport Act 2010 (Act 715) through the nationwide ‘Gempur Teknikal’ Special Ops.
It said in a statement today that action will be taken on owners of offending companies or vehicles under Section 57 of Act 715 for the suspected offence of Melanggar Lesen Pengendali (Violation of Operators’ Licence) – specifically, failing to give high priority to other road users.
If convicted, offenders can be fined between RM1,000 and RM500,000 under said section, and their vehicle(s) can be impounded under Section 80 of Act 715 and be subject to forfeiture.
JPJ says that the nationwide ‘Gempur Teknikal’ Special Ops will focus on the following offences: overloading, technical, documentation, traffic, and technical offences in manufacturing and usage of the vehicles.
The department added that there will be no compromise on commercial vehicle drivers or owners failing to comply with regulations under the Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333), the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board Act 1987 (Act 334) and the Land Public Transport Act 2010 (Act 715).
The latest in a string of commercial vehicle-related accidents happened three days ago on the North-South Highway (PLUS) near the Ayer Keroh services (R&R), which sadly killed seven and injured 33.
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So,when operasi in full force,the lorry drivers will be extra well behaved,but those discharging black smoke and unroadworthy will be off road.
It will be a cat and mouse game after all.What so special,ahlokekor?
That act has been there since 2010. Why wait for 14 years only take action? How many more lives have to be lost before gomen enforcers do their jobs?
We all knows enforcement is poor in Malaysia. JPJ or traffic police or ministry of transport or dept responsible for commercial vehicle licensing board.
kinda sad… when live taken baru nak gempur lah, nak buat ops lah…nyawa dah hilang mat…
After so many life gone?… Loke pls resign, you fail.
Enforcement is a failure in Msia….how many time have u seen a police car patrolling the highway or road here in Msia? A very rare occurrence…how are u going to enforce all this Acts when u dont even have enough manpower???! sad but true….the few available patrol cars & traffic police officers are busy escorting minister/etc..etc…cars
Tayar celup and overload is one of the cause of the accidents
great wayang. won’t last long. couple of weeks and BAU.
I would suggest the gov to put up totalled vehicles along the roads side as a reminder that bad things will happened to others or themself if they drive dangerously.