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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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  Global NCAP sixth round of Safer Cars for India test – three-star Suzuki Ertiga, one-star Datsun Redigo

  1 November 2019 / 23 comments

  Suzuki Maruti Ertiga. Global NCAP has released the results from the sixth round of the Safer Cars for India crash test, with support from the FIA Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Four models were tested in […]

   

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  Helmet use considered by many as optional – report

  29 October 2019 / 23 comments

  The excuse of ‘it is just a short distance’ should never be used particularly in the context of not wearing helmets when children are riding to school as accidents can happen regardless of the journey’s […]

   

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  MIROS launches guidelines for child restraint systems – usage to be mandatory starting January 1, 2020

  23 October 2019 / 35 comments

  In line with the official launch of Vehicle Safety Week 2019 at the MIROS PC3 crash testing centre in Melaka, deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail launched the Buku Garis Panduan Kerusi […]

   

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  Hyundai Motor Group develops centre console airbag

  26 September 2019 / 8 comments

  According to statistics by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, the rate of secondary damage caused by occupants colliding with each other or with interior parts is 45%. Hyundai Motor Group has developed a centre console […]

   

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