The Kuala Lumpur road transport department (JPJ) has issued 2,398 summonses for 939 vehicles under the War on Overloaded Commercial Vehicles operation conducted since October 14, Bernama has reported.
The department stated that 14 vehicles were confiscated for various offences including carrying excessive loads, flouting the conditions of service level requirements, running with an expired motor vehicle licence, not having insurance protection, its drivers not having a valid competent driving licence (CDL) and vocational licence, as well as technical offences.
“Of the vehicles confiscated, six of the drivers were from Indonesia and India, while eight were Malaysians. Enforcement actions were taken with the issuing of summonses to the drivers and owners of the vehicles in accordance with the provisions under the Land Public Transport Act 2010 (APAD 2010) and the Road Transport Act 1987,” JPJ said in a statement.
To be conducted until December 31 this year, the operation aims to ensure road safety and cultivate compliance with traffic rules among operators of commercial vehicles, the road transport department added.
“Our focus is mainly on areas identified as being hotspots for activities involving commercial vehicles carrying excessive loads. Among the types of high-risk cargo are stones, sand, soil, silica, coal, iron, oil palm and logs. Most of these vehicles are involved in the quarry, port and heavy industry sectors,” it said, adding that KL JPJ has inspected 5,967 vehicles so far.
Challenges faced by KL JPJ included drivers refusing to cooperate by giving various excuses, such as claiming their vehicles were damaged, and refusing to send their vehicles for weighing, the department said. Such actions could be prosecuted under Section 234 of APAD 2010 for obstructing public officers in the execution of their duties, which provides for a fine not exceeding RM200,000 or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, it added.
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It saman berapa? Prohibitive enough to encourage good behaviour or low enough it becomes absorbed as the cost of doing business?
Seems like the only way to sting them is with the ‘obstructing public officers from carrying out their duty’. Otherwise the cost of the actual infringement eg overloading or unroadworthy vehicle is far less than it should be under these circumstances.
JPJ/APAD must be persistent and consistent in their enforcement. too long we have not enforced the law until the an established association openly without shame ask for leniency on overloading. what a sham…
So JPJ/APAD do your enforcement diligently. if small timer truck driver have real issues, refer it to MoT and politicians, not handle it at the point of enforcement.
The biggest effect will be on those small enterprise providing transport service. they are hard pressed on chargeable rates on customer and at the same time expected to meet large transport companies standard of maintenance and operation efficiency. So these small timers need to come together and seek political solution. They should get better charge rates from their customers.