The highway transport division (JPJ) mentioned that 1,672 summonses had been issued to business autos round Kuala Lumpur for numerous offences from September 1 to 17, as a part of an ongoing particular operation codenamed Ops Khas Gempur Kenderaan Perdagangan,
In accordance with Kuala Lumpur JPJ director Hamidi Adam, a complete of 8,225 business autos had been inspected throughout the interval. These consisted of three,389 items autos and 4,836 public service autos, The Star stories.
He added that eight business autos had been additionally seized, together with a tipper lorry, two roll-on roll-off lorries and 5 small cargo lorries that had been discovered to be in critical and repeated violation of rules.
He mentioned the operation was carried out at key places round Kuala Lumpur, and concerned thorough checks on paperwork, technical compliance and bodily inspections of autos. He mentioned the enforcement operation was mandatory as a result of statistics confirmed that non-compliance ranges stay worrying, requiring constant and complete enforcement.
“The crackdown follows a spike in highway accidents involving business autos, a few of which have resulted in fatalities and critical accidents. That is a part of JPJ’s ongoing efforts to strengthen highway security compliance, notably throughout the items transportation and public service sectors,” he mentioned.
Hamidi mentioned that poor automobile upkeep, failure to adjust to technical specs, and negligent or unethical driving behaviour had been among the many principal causes of such accidents. He added that the operation will proceed till December 31.
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