Goods vehicles issued over RM257 million in fines, 856,873 summonses from 2023 to July 2024 – JPJ

The roadworthy transport section (JPJ) has issued a full of 856,873 summonses against goods vehicles from 2023 until July this year, New Straits Times has reported.

These summonses were issued pursuing the inspection of 1.55 cardinal goods vehicles, which resulted successful the issuance of fines exceeding RM257 million, based connected an mean good of RM300, the study wrote.

From the total, 989,025 goods vehicles were inspected past year, and 563,053 were inspected successful the archetypal 7 months of this year. The identified offences included driving without a competent drivers licence (CDL), exceeding load limits, carrying hazardous goods, among others.

The enforcement being carried retired against goods vehicles was 1 of the operations being intensified to code issues related to overloading, oregon accidents involving lorries and trailers connected roads, said JPJ director-general Aedy Fadly Ramli.

“For goods vehicles, the JPJ issued astir 63,686 notices for exceeding load limits, carrying hazardous goods (44,439), failing to comply with goods regulations (521) and different offences (266,474),” the JPJ director-general was quoted arsenic saying by Utusan Malaysia.

In the play spanning 2023 until July this year, 13,660 notices were issued for large offences including 3,880 notices for utilizing mobile phones portion driving, and 3,866 notices for not wearing spot belts. Additionally, determination were 2,722 notices issued for ignoring postulation signals, 1,374 for utilizing exigency lanes, 710 for continuous driving successful the close lane, 648 for unsafe lane cutting and 460 for overtaking connected treble lines.

Additionally, 134,839 notices had been issued for lorries oregon trailers, with 396 for lacking centrifugal conveyance licenses (LKM), expired LKM (96,215), lacking security (36,709), misuse of LKM (128) and different violations (1,391), Aedy Fadly said. Around 123,262 notices were issued for method violations, including 5,660 for registration fig offences, tinted windows (313), lighting issues (589), tyres (29,060), conveyance modifications (10,983) and for different offences (76,657).

Vehicles that transportation excessive loads and perpetrate method offences would look penalties nether the Road Transport Act 1987 and the Land Public Transport Act 2010, on with the related regulations, Aedy Fadly said.

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