The road transport department (JPJ) says it will be introducing new standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines for commercial and public service vehicles next month. According to JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli, this was being done to address the recent surge in the number of accidents involving heavy vehicles, especially lorries.
He said the SOPs will include stricter action protocols that will be taken against commercial vehicle drivers who drive above the set speed limit to the point of endangering other road users, as Bernama reports.
“Currently, JPJ is scrutinising and detailing the SOP in collaboration with other stakeholders. We are focusing on vehicles over 7.5 tonnes. Among the matters being detailed are stricter actions to be taken against commercial vehicles that exceed the speed limit, and also the banning of such vehicles from driving in the far-right lane as previously announced by transport minister Anthony Loke,” he said.
Last month, it was reported that heavy vehicles would soon not be allowed to use the rightmost lane on highways, a ruling that was gazetted in 2015 but had yet to be enforced. The move is one of five improvements that the transport ministry said it was aiming to introduce and enforce.
The other regulatory enhancements include mandatory speed control device installation, GPS tracking, high-speed weigh-in-motion (HS-WIM) detectors at 11 highway locations, and additional automated enforcement system (AES) cameras.
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the law is not enough? why dont enforce the law strictly first
No point adding new laws..Ahlokekor.Big % of your JPJ enforcers are on the take.
You need to clean up the internal shit,then only the lorries takut JPJ.
Now,people resort to “pau” or kaotim by some black sheep,to escape whatever operasi u throw at them.
Ini semua hanghat tahi ayam ops….lepas nih…back to norm. Enforcement tarak seperti biasa…dah berpuluh tahun mcm nih. Wayang aje.
after so many accidents and deaths from big lorries, suddenly now want to introduce new SOP…KNN air filters la!
what ever laws you introduce you must enforce them and you enforce not only through roadblocks but other means like patrolling, cameras and so forth
Too many older trucks from 70/80s still on Malaysian road, almost every week i will find one on kesas highway, its one those old mercedes balak trucks that have wooded doors on highway doing 80kmh carrying kayu balak, the moment i see one i get out of the lane speed up as far away from it. How can JPJ allow that thing still renew road tax??
Introduce so many laws & SOPS yet ZERO enforcement.
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After 79 years… still cannot implement law… lagi mau kasi discount…mangkok ayun!!
As echoed by others, enforce current law first, no need new SOPs.