The Johor Trucking Association is urging the transport ministry to delay the enforcement of the speed limitation device (SLD) on heavy commercial vehicles, which is set to take effect on October 1, The Star reports.
Its president, Chai Pei Yoon, said enforcement should be postponed to next year due to unclear guidelines and cost concerns. “With less than two months to go until the October 1 enforcement date, we are unsure whether local suppliers have enough time to import the devices,” she said.
“There is also no standard operating procedure from the road transport department (JPJ) or appointed third-party installers at the moment, so operators may end up paying arbitrary installation fees,” she added.
Chai noted that many heavy vehicles in the country are over 10 years old and still use traditional diesel systems instead of an electronic control unit (ECU), which would require third-party installations. She added that European trucks, including second-hand or reconditioned ones, usually come with SLD installation certificates, whereas those from Japanese manufacturers do not.
“Local suppliers say they do not have the necessary certificates to install SLDs on Japanese trucks, which is another challenge for us. While we support the move to improve road safety and reduce fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles, we are struggling to meet the October 1 deadline,” she explained.
“We hope enforcement can be pushed to January 1, 2026 to ensure full compliance and prevent lorry operators from receiving summonses due to unclear guidelines,” she continued, adding that the association recently met with industry players and would request for a meeting with transport minister Anthony Loke to discuss the operators’ concerns and suggestions.
The SLD system, which is mandatory in countries like Singapore and those in Europe, was described by Loke in parliament on July 29 as a necessary step in controlling the speed of heavy vehicles and reducing the risk of fatal accidents, especially involving buses and lorries. Phase 1 of SLD enforcement that takes effect from October 1 this year and will involve verification of SLD functionality for all commercial vehicles manufactured after January 1, 2015.
Phase 2 takes effect on January 1, 2026, and involves the activation of the SLD within the ECU for commercial vehicles built before January 1, 2015. Phase 3 will require the retrofit installation of SLDs, with approval from the JPJ from July 1, 2026 on any commercial vehicles not already equipped with the system.
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Hope JPJ will NOT entertain their request as speeding Lorry and Bus are still common in Malaysian Highways all the times. This is peoples lives we’re trying to protect, don’t postpone this very important rule. The lorry operators and their association will always find any excuse to delay or cancel this.
To implement a policy should be done progressively in stages, not some knee jerk reaction by the jerk of a transport minister just because it is now in the news.
Did he consult with stake holders? No
Did he roll out a briefing to present the framework? No
Did he legislate the device or else can be abused? No
Did he mandate installation done properly? No
Does he regulate the quality of SLD? No
What happens if substandard SLD ‘breaks’ and drivers can go as fast. Does he know who should be blamed? No
He just does a Trump and goes; “here is my rule, implement it at all (your) cost within 2 months”.
Guarantee you by 30 Sept, this law will be postponed “for further study and refinement”.
Sir Plain BS,even if Ahlokekor consulted all the relevant stakeholders..remember,those days during LING Liong Sik’s time,the drivers insert a matchstick to disable the speed limiter?
Did he even TRY?! NO!!!
Why didn’t he care last year? Oh just because its in the news now after so many accidents UNDER HIS WATCH!!!
What was he doing all these time? Oh selling number plates and he still ain’t stopping despite saying he is stopping. What a lying hypocrite!!!
if loke do it progressively in stages, plainbs will complain loke is too slow.
if loke implement it quickly , plainbs will say he is rushing without consulting stakeholders.
last2 plainbs will call to bring back najib and resurrect 2MDB.
Kaw kaw kasi dia limit 80km/J
Not only heavy vehicles. Any vehicles registered under commercial.
An association can challenge JPJ? WHAT A JOKE. IF ACCIDENT HAPPENED CAN THE ASSOCIATION TAKE THE BLAME? IF JPJ REALLY COMPROMISE THEN SPRM CAN STEP UP TO INVESTIGATE. IF YOU CANT COMPLY THEN DON’T DRIVE UNTIL THE TRUCK IS COMPLY. I would suggest lorry that are unable to comply will need to be scrap. Reduce 3500 kg to 2500 kg. Lorry to be inspected quarterly and kept record for 1 year, the report will need to attached with the inspection by Puspakom. Inspection will need to be endorsed by the qualified lorry dealership. Any accident due to lorry parts defects the company , qualified dealership 3s and qualified mechanics will need to bear the same consequences. Therefore with this the mechanics and 3s dealership can issue a NO GO to the company if they found any defects which is unsafe until they repaired, if they insist then all consequences will be borne by the company.
install a gps type la with a battery build in pakai buang every 5 yrs…why need ecu bla bla..make it complicated ayooo…benda senang bagi susah