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  BMW Malaysia NEXTStep child car seat programme – B40 households can register for fully subsidised seats

  10 May 2022 / 10 comments

  BMW Group Malaysia has announced the NEXTStep Subsidy programme for child car seats as part of its car safety advocacy for children, which will offer fully subsidised child car seats to parents in the B40 […]

   

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  Nissan developing highly accurate automatic collision avoidance tech – next-gen LiDAR detects size, shape

  25 April 2022 / 4 comments

  What is essential for autonomous driving? It is the ability to avoid collision in any situation, Nissan says. To realise the future that is self-driving cars, Nissan has begun developing an improved version of its […]

   

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  India set to make 6 airbags minimum in passenger cars – should Malaysia do the same to improve safety?

  25 April 2022 / 24 comments

  India’s road transport ministry is insistent on making six airbags the bare minimum for passenger vehicles despite the resistance from automakers, which claim that the move will drive up the cost of vehicles, Reuters reports. […]

   

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  United Kingdom to allow drivers to watch television in self-driving cars; new rules may take effect this year

  22 April 2022 / 8 comments

  Legislation in the United Kingdom will soon be brought up to date with developments in technology for self-driving vehicles, the BBC reported. The proposed updates to the Highway Code in the UK will allow people […]

   

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  2019 Hyundai Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle recalled in United States for fuel leak, potential fire risk

  20 April 2022 / 9 comments

  Hyundai has recalled 54 units of the 2019 Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle for a possible fuel leak, with 54 affected vehicles from production dates ranging from August 10 to December 17, 2018, according to the […]

   

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  Police bans hands-free driving in Malaysia after S’porean drives Tesla Model 3 to Penang on Autopilot

  6 April 2022 / 79 comments

  The police has announced it has banned motorists from using Tesla’s Autopilot function to drive hands-free in Malaysia, following a series of viral TikTok videos in which a Singaporean couple drove to Penang in a […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz to take responsibility for self-driving risk – if it crashes, blame is on the car, not driver

  31 March 2022 / 5 comments

  The Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot assistance system that was announced with the debut of the W223-generation S-Class received clearance for use in its home market of Germany late last year, making Mercedes-Benz the first carmaker to […]

   

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  Op Selamat 17 – Road crashes down 26% fr 2021: IGP

  9 February 2022 / 0 comments

  The number of road accidents nationwide as recorded during Op Selamat 17, which took place from January 28 until February 5 this year saw a drop of 26% to 11,325 cases this year, compared to […]

   

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  Safer traffic protocol needed for VVIP escorts: Yii

  7 February 2022 / 22 comments

  In light of an accident involving two vehicles at an intersection in Kuching, Sarawak, Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii has called on the police to devise a clearer and safer traffic protocol when escorting diginitaries, […]

   

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  Self-driving cars – English, Scottish, Welsh law commissions issue recommendations for liability

  27 January 2022 / 0 comments

  Should something go wrong when a vehicle is being autonomously driven, who is to blame? A joint report issued by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission aims to work […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP Decade of Safer Vehicle awards: Honda best road safety partner, Toyota most 5-star cars

  9 December 2021 / 3 comments

  During its tenth-anniversary celebration today, ASEAN NCAP took the opportunity to give out its Decade of Safer Vehicle awards to recognise the vehicle safety achievements of car companies and individuals. Honda was the big winner […]

   

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  JPJ operation carried out for unauthorised HID lights

  9 December 2021 / 15 comments

  A total of 35 individuals were issued summonses for the unauthorised use of high intensity discharge (HID) headlamps on their vehicles by the Negeri Sembilan Road Transport Department (JPJ), Sinar Harian reported. The summonses were […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP celebrates 10th anniversary – improving safety in Malaysia and across the region since 2011

  9 December 2021 / 3 comments

  The New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, having started by crash testing eight models with funding with Global NCAP. Since then, the agency has […]

   

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  Honda aiming for zero traffic collision fatalities – Honda Sensing 360 to reach all major markets by 2030

  29 November 2021 / 3 comments

  Honda has held the premiere of its advanced future safety technologies, which is for the Japanese manufacturer’s objective of achieving zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles around the globe by 2050. On […]

   

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  Where is the budget for road safety? – Lee Lam Thye

  9 November 2021 / 7 comments

  The Alliance for Safe Community has lamented the lack of allocation in Budget 2022 towards enhancing road safety, and its chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said that there is no specific budget allocated to […]

   

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