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  Gov’t to impose heavier penalties and punishment for reckless driving and drink driving offences – Loke

  29 January 2020 / 46 comments

  The government will introduce heavier penalties for offences related to reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. According to transport minister Anthony Loke, the road transport act is set to be […]

   

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  Toyota to recall 3.4 million cars globally over airbags that may not deploy; not related to Takata this time

  23 January 2020 / 10 comments

  Another airbag recall has hit a Japanese automaker, though this time it isn’t Takata under the spotlight. Toyota will be recalling 3.4 million vehicles worldwide for an electronic fault that can result in airbags not […]

   

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  Volvo to implement 180 km/h speed limit in Malaysia

  17 January 2020 / 79 comments

  Volvo’s resurgence in the past decade is truly a story to be marvelled at, having gone through a successful transformative era which saw the introduction of a new range of ravishing cars, most of which […]

   

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  Nissan recalls 345,700 cars in latest US Takata batch; 10 million inflators recalled for 14 automakers – report

  17 January 2020 / 2 comments

  Nissan is recalling a further 345,700 vehicles for the replacement of faulty Takata airbag inflators, Automotive News reported, the latest in a long line of recalls for airbag inflators from the Japanese automotive safety equipment […]

   

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  Transport ministry prefers term ‘crash’ over ‘accident’

  10 January 2020 / 12 comments

  Deputy transport minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar at the 2020 Kawasaki Road Safety Campaign. The ministry of transport preferred that the term “crash” be used for the description of road accidents in order to further raise […]

   

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  Ensure use of suitable child car seats, MIROS advises

  31 December 2019 / 21 comments

  With the use of child car seats becoming mandatory as of January, the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) has advised parents to purchase suitable child seats or child restraint systems (CRS), and this […]

   

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  Child car seat ruling – “unpopular measure” but necessary to ensure safety, says transport ministry

  26 December 2019 / 19 comments

  The transport ministry says that improving road safety will remain one of its top priorities, and that it will continue its push on issues – and implement necessary policies – related to this, despite these […]

   

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  mifold child booster seat range expands in Malaysia with Sport and hifold models – from RM199 to RM699

  18 December 2019 / 11 comments

  The use of child safety seats will be mandatory from January 1, 2020, and the introduction of the new ruling means that more child restraint system (CRS) offerings are expected in the market. These include […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP – 2019 Suzuki Ertiga scores four stars; four-star rating in AOP, five-star rating in COP

  2 December 2019 / 1 comment

  The release of ASEAN New Car Assessment Programme (ASEAN NCAP) crash test results continues, this time with the second-generation Suzuki Ertiga. The MPV was tested in first-generation guise in 2016 under an earlier testing protocol, […]

   

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  MIROS releases guidelines for child car seats, to issue QR code label for all products sold in the market

  2 December 2019 / 6 comments

  With the use of child car seats becoming mandatory from January 2020, it is expected that many will now be shopping around for these safety devices. To aid consumers in the selection process, the Malaysian […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP: 2019 Honda Accord scores five stars; five-star rating in AOP, COP – see the crash test video

  2 December 2019 / 5 comments

  The Asean New Car Assessment Programme (Asean NCAP) conducted crash tests on the tenth-generation, 2019 Honda Accord, which has scored five stars for both adult occupant protection (AOP) and child occupant protection (COP). As before, […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP – F30 BMW 318i scores four stars in test; five-star rating for AOP, four-star rating for COP

  29 November 2019 / 18 comments

  The Asean New Car Assessment Programme (Asean NCAP) has conducted crash tests with the F30-generation BMW 318i, which scored five stars for adult occupant protection (AOP) and four stars for child occupant protection (COP). Points […]

   

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  Large families may be exempted from child seat ruling

  28 November 2019 / 41 comments

  The mandatory use of child car seats will begin in January 2020, but the transport ministry says an exception could be made for those with large families, where space inside a vehicle would be a […]

   

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  Honda Accord awarded five-star ASEAN NCAP rating

  21 November 2019 / 11 comments

  The tenth-generation Honda Accord has been awarded with a five-star safety rating by ASEAN NCAP following its evaluation in crash tests carried out in July. The sedan obtained an overall score of 91.79 out of […]

   

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  Mandatory use of child seats from January 2020, but no summonses to be issued for first six months – Loke

  20 November 2019 / 48 comments

  The use of child car seats will become mandatory from January 2020, but the transport ministry says that enforcement of their use will not begin straight away, with drivers not being penalised for the first […]

   

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