The road transport department (JPJ) has urged the land public transport agency (APAD) to revoke the licences of any transport company which fails to ensure the safety of its vehicles, Bernama has reported.
This call comes in response to a rise in cases of lorry and heavy vehicle operators failing to renew their motor vehicle licences, running without valid insurance coverage, and neglecting mandatory inspections at Puspakom, said JPJ senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Mat Hassan.
“Between 2022 and 2024, JPJ seized 2,696 lorries. As of April, 365 lorries were seized for various offences, including overloading and being unfit to be on the road. According to statistics from the Vehicle Inspection and Safety Audit Report (JISA), JPJ has recommended that APAD revoke 15 vehicle permits, suspend 513 operator licenses or vehicle permits, and issue warnings in 28 other cases,” Muhammad Kifli said.
Of the 3,061 lorries seized, 135 were impounded under Section 80 of the Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333), seven were forfeited under the Land Public Transport Act 2010 (Act 715), while investigations are underway for the remaining cases.
The department has also started 17 investigations into commercial vehicles including lorries, for their involvement in accidents caused by negligence or mechanical failures, Muhammad Kifli added. Of the total, one has resulted in sentencing, three are currently on trial, one is undergoing prosecution, 11 remain under investigation, and one is awaiting a chemical analysis report.
Beginning this year, the JPJ has opened investigation papers under Section 234 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for obstructing JPJ officers from carrying out their duties.
“Six investigation papers have been opened involving cases where lorry drivers fled and abandoned their vehicles in the middle of the road when approached for inspection, including incidents where drivers deliberately damaged their vehicles,” the JPJ senior enforcement director said.
Last week, JPJ revealed that tipper lorries designed to transport materials are the type of heavy vehicle with the highest number seized by the department in its enforcement operations since 2022. Tipper lorries were also found to have committed the most road offences, including carrying excessive loads, operating with expired road tax/insurance and for failing to undergo periodic Puspakom inspections as required by the government.
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Sure but it all depends on Puspacon and also how much deep pockets they are unwilling to spend at that.
Let’s keep all the political / sarcasm banter aside. Dear JPJ / Polis / APAD / Transport Ministry / MITI, everyone has known this disease going on for years. We see it EVERYDAY on the roads – trucks which are overloaded, speeding, driven recklessly, badly maintained, lacking safety features (eg, side & rear underruns). Would it be too difficult that there is a concerted effort to stop these lorries on the roads, on the spot? Are the authorities really that out-numbered by these thugs? Don’t have to go far – anyone driving on any highway including semi-urban ones – NKVE, ELITE.. or even major roads like MRR2, Jln Sg Buloh, etc.. you see on e every other minute. The longer this takes, the more ‘berani’ and ‘kurang ajar’ they become..
First thing to do is to discourage or stop transport companies from using lorries from Sinotruk, HOWO , Dongfeng and Shacman and the likes.
So many subsidiaries set up in a government ministry and now the JPJ talked as if they ate only the liaison between the parties! JPJ should have the ultimate authority right? Eliminate all agencies and subsidiaries in the ministry please and do your one job properly!
this could have been a meeting instead of a PC
Another all talk no action again?!
elok dulu ada SPAD lepastu pergi tutup. elok dulu SPAD independent, senang untuk enforcement sekarang, semua under same ministry tertekan sama2.
Why revoke their licenses when you can just put them in JAIL
If revoking their licenses work, then we won’t be having discussion on this topic today
Masuk lokap je la seriously
JPJ and APAD under one boss why cannot talk to each other meh? Boss dorang pon dah tak kesah buat keje, hari hari hadir majlis sana sini tunjuk mukak depan camera lepastu main jual number plate je.