The road transport department (JPJ) has announced that it will soon begin enforcing the mandatory use of seatbelts for all drivers and passengers in private vehicles nationwide. The department’s director-general, Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli, did not disclose the exact date for the start of enforcement, but said there would be a period of advocacy before that happens.
He said programmes such as the Klik Sebelum Gerak campaign, which was launched yesterday, would highlight the necessity of seatbelt use for all vehicle occupants, including rear passengers, the New Straits Times reports.
“In line with this campaign, we will announce the enforcement of seatbelt use for passengers of private cars in due course. For now, we are beginning with the Klik Sebelum Gerak campaign first, and later we will confirm the date for (the seatbelt) enforcement for car passengers,” he said.
Once enforcement begins, individuals who fail to wear seatbelts could face fines of up to RM300 under the Motor Vehicles (Seatbelt and Child Restraint System) Rules 1978 (Amendment 2019).
Aedy Fadly added that JPJ was committed to making seatbelt use a national safety norm and culture in order to protect the lives of all road users. “In this regard, using seatbelts helps keep drivers and passengers securely seated during a crash, unlike those without seatbelts who are at a significantly higher risk of injury,” he said.
The mandatory use of seatbelts across all occupied seats in a vehicle is not new, with the ruling already having been in place since 2009. However, enforcement of this was short-lived, and despite advocacy campaigns and strong suggestions made for its implementation over the years, the lack of fines has meant that most rear occupants remain unbelted inside a moving vehicle.
There is of course the point that enforcement of the searbelt ruling means that vehicles will need to carry the exact number of occupants permitted according to the vehicle, which would mean that a driver could be fined for carrying more passengers than allowed. The question is, will this put an end to the rather often-found scenario of “five (or more) at the back” in a five-seater vehicle? As always, the answers in due course.
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Yet whole family can sit ontop of kapcai with any safety and JPJ is okay? WTH double stended PH Gomen pegi mampus!
maybe because JPJ knew they cannot collect the RM300 fines from this group of people.
6 family member on motor each pay RM 50 easily can setel RM 300 fine wat!
majority of the family members will be kids or dependents, how to pay ?
Bantuan Sara RM 100 each wat!
look if you want to risk your family like that then please do so
wait, isn’t this mandatory for years now? it wasn’t mandatory at all??? dayum!
According to PH Gomen, the law is not the law unless they say so because laws (like policies) under previous BN Gomen is invalid, just like laws on unlawful gathering should have been abolished but now they use it to bludgeon demos because now they say that law is lawful.
Exactly, every few years say the same thing, but no enforcement.
how ? most cars on the road have tints so dark you can’t possibly even see if there is a driver, let alone a rear passenger and God forbid kidnapee … Gaya > Safety
You can blame Loke (during his 1st tenure) for legalising black tint which was illegal until he says it is the law to allow it.
i don’t mind the law enforcing this. after all we already paid for the seatbelts in the car. might as well use it.
Cakap aje but never enforced
Bagusnya. Next do child seat ok?
AhLoke tak dak tulurr
nevermind one, first row if no put seatbelt the car will bising, then for behind passenger just tint all windows dark from second row right to the rear window, jpj cannot see one
Why don jpj go and enforce no motorcyclists on f. highway, kesas first? Those mat rempits are a bigger menace and yet jpj/polis are turning a blind eye.
And I wonder does our transport minister ever uses these highways, if not how could he be so ignorant @YBAnthonyLoke
to do proper enforcement you need polis and judiciary, but guess what , these arent under Loke . so if you want Loke to do their jobs maybe first should pay him the salaries of Home minister and AG and defacto Law minister first.
How to detect when MoT allows full tinted at the rear windows? Imagine at a roadblock…
Officer : please wind down the rear windows. We want to check all occupants wearing safety belt.
Driver : ok
All passengers : *smile* (all wearing seatbelts)
My passenger dont wear also u cannot see through my tinted window lah..lol
I think it is a typical occasional enforcement money making scheme. Last time enforcement on bus passengers seat belt, now what happened? Better buckle up on the enforcement to eradicate phone use while driving. Find ways to catch on people using phones while driving, it will give better results to accident statistics.
Those who bark and dislike this policy majorities of you must be low education level. In many countries especially developed and developing countries it is mandatory to buckle up at rear seats. Don’t divert the topic off to blame what about motorist dangerous riding, no helmet, no license, tinting dark and so on. Why do you want to compare with those moron unless you are same kind.
One thing good about EV as many EV now cannot switch off the rear seat safety belt alarm if being occupied but no buckle up.
To strengthen this policy insurance company can consider no medical claim allowed for those sat behind rear seats without buckle up. Don’t ever said people can put buckle after accident. Doctor and professionals know whether the victim with or without seat belt fasten when accident happened.
Law? What law? Another tok-k…obviously lack of enforcement. Another ops hanghat tahi ayam. After awhile, back to usual.