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  Action can be taken against rural traffic offenders: JPJ

  20 February 2017 / 8 comments

  Road users who are caught breaking traffic laws on rural roads which are gazetted by the government can have action taken against them by the Road Transport Department (JPJ), according to a Bernama report. The […]

   

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  VIDEO: Euro NCAP demonstrates advancement in car safety over 20 years – Rover 100 versus Honda Jazz

  6 February 2017 / 7 comments

  The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) marked its 20th anniversary this year, and has released this crash test video that demonstrates the significant improvements made to vehicle safety since its foundation in 1997. […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia recalls 24,962 vehicles over Takata airbags – 2012 Accord, Jazz, City, Freed and Insight

  3 February 2017 / 32 comments

  Honda Malaysia has announced that it is initiating a precautionary recall for 24,962 vehicles over faulty front passenger airbag inflators manufactured by Takata. The issue affects the 2012 model year Accord, Jazz, Jazz Hybrid, City, […]

   

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  Road accidents cost Malaysia RM9.2b last year – Liow

  2 February 2017 / 31 comments

  Beyond the human cost, there is a financial price to pay for road accidents, to the tune of RM9.2 billion last year, according to transport minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. Based upon the latest […]

   

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  Volvo S90, V90 get five-star Euro NCAP safety rating

  26 January 2017 / 12 comments

  The Volvo S90 sedan and V90 estate join its other 90 Series sibling, the XC90, in obtaining a five-star safety rating from Euro NCAP, with both models being the first cars tested against Euro NCAP’s […]

   

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  Ford Mustang gets a two-star Euro NCAP safety rating

  26 January 2017 / 30 comments

  Euro NCAP has released results of the first cars to be tested against its 2017 test regime, and one of these, the Ford Mustang, has scored a low two-star rating for overall safety. The safety […]

   

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  Penangites urged to buckle up at the back – report

  24 January 2017 / 11 comments

  It appears that nine years since it became mandatory for rear passengers to wear seat belts, Penangites still refuse to buckle up at the back, according to a report by The Sun. Road Safety Council […]

   

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  VIDEO: ASEAN NCAP latest crash tests – eight cars tested, five-star safety ratings for five cars

  18 January 2017 / 19 comments

  Over a month after it first published its latest crash test results, ASEAN NCAP has released the videos of the eight vehicles it tested, with five of them scoring five-star safety ratings. These vehicles include […]

   

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  Puspakom offers free Voluntary Vehicle Inspection

  13 January 2017 / 19 comments

  With the Chinese New Year festivities nearing, Puspakom will be offering Voluntary Vehicle Inspection (VVI) free of charge for a limited time, from January 16 to January 27 this year. These voluntary vehicle inspections will […]

   

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  More AES cameras at crash hotspots – Liow Tiong Lai

  9 January 2017 / 28 comments

  Additional Automated Enforcement System (AES) cameras will be installed at seven crash hotspots, according to Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai in a report by Sin Chew Daily via The Sun. The cameras will […]

   

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  SPAD to improve express bus services with bus lab

  5 January 2017 / 10 comments

  The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) aims to improve the service quality, security and sustainability of the bus industry, according to a report by The Sun. “The lab will involve the participation and take into […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia airbag recall: calling all affected owners; replacements will only take up to 45 minutes

  30 December 2016 / 34 comments

  By now, the Takata airbag recall involving Honda vehicles in Malaysia is a rather well known issue – or rather we thought it is. As it turns out, quite a number of drivers and owners […]

   

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  Takata airbag recall: US$1 billion settlement possible

  30 December 2016 / 0 comments

  There could be light at the end of the tunnel for the Takata airbag fiasco, as the company is preparing a deal with US federal prosecutors which could see the Japanese auto components supplier pay […]

   

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  Works Ministry begins rolling barriers pilot programme

  28 December 2016 / 63 comments

  The first pilot programme for the rolling barriers safety system has begun at the underpass from the Subang Airport Road heading into the Federal Highway. The new guardrail was installed along the 100 m stretch […]

   

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  European Commission targets mandatory safety equipment in new cars – looking at 19 technologies

  23 December 2016 / 22 comments

  The European Commission has its own wishlist for new car technology, and there are 19 new technologies it wants to be made mandatory on new cars in order for road fatalities to be reduced to […]

   

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