The federal territories department has been directed to hold discussions with the road transport department (JPJ) to examine legislation loopholes concerning the disposal of abandoned vehicles in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Bernama reports.
According to minister for federal territories in the prime minister’s department Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa, over 2,500 public complaints regarding abandoned vehicles are received every year in KL alone.
“However, we are faced with several legal constraints, including abandoned vehicles on private premises that cannot be towed to the local authority depot, as well as vehicles that have been at the depot for a long time but have not yet been disposed of due to legal obstacles,” she said on Facebook, adding that a comprehensive solution needs to be jointly formulated by the relevant agencies.
She encouraged owners who want to dispose of their vehicles to visit a licensed automotive treatment centre, saying that the owner will receive cash payment based on the vehicle’s condition.
Last year, the government introduced e-Dereg, an online initiative to ease the process of de-registering a vehicle, making it easier for owners to de-register their old vehicle, should they want to dispose it, doing so via a licensed automotive treatment centre.
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jalan Klang Lama all the way to jalan Puchong, lots of abandoned vehicles. reported to bandaraya, but no action. the pedestrian walkways full of broken down/abandoned cars. wanna walk also cannot. have to walk into the jalan raya and getting honked by motobikes.
Just put a blardy big sticker on the abandoned car..kalau tidak di ambil dlm 21 hari…keta ini akan MAMPUS..DI tarik dan di “SMASH”.
ni mesti kedai tepi kondo tu, kan?
Why only FT? All municipal councils should deal with abandoned cars. It’s either cars with unpaid loan or “masih nak guna lagi”, one thing for sure, they are from the beloved B40.
Ini FT minister hanya boleh cakap FT la…lain majlis state punya problem.
Good idea but lots of layers of government to get it through nationally.
every year also talk the same crap
Our car manufacturers should start making part of recycle material. Especially things like metal and aluminium. They should both set up recycling centres to accept de-registered cars, dismantle and recycle accordingly and aporopriately.
some abandoned cars have few spare parts that can be salvaged like disc brakes, calipers, front and rear bonnet, doors and sport rims. there are people who come and take these parts and sell in the used car market, leaving only the car’s shell.
Bring this on to the parliament and discuss it. If there were legal constraint then alter it. People who leave the abandone car means the owner no longer wanted the car or it is hassle to dispose it. Like the car owned by parents who passed on. The old car maybe only worth of 2-3k but children need to go sumpah, jpj change name etc which is extremely time consuming that they decide to drop the car on roadside.
Authority should take action on these abondon cars if not thing will get worst because every year 700k new cars registered.
Those cars abandone on roadside the authority can put a sticker if car did not move in 6 months on same spot it will automatically deem as the owner no longer wanted the car.