The street transport division (JPJ) says it is going to be introducing new normal working procedures (SOPs) and pointers for industrial and public service automobiles subsequent month. In accordance with JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli, this was being achieved to deal with the current surge within the quantity of accidents involving heavy automobiles, particularly lorries.
He mentioned the SOPs will embody stricter motion protocols that can be taken in opposition to industrial car drivers who drive above the set velocity restrict to the purpose of endangering different street customers, as Bernama studies.
“At the moment, JPJ is scrutinising and detailing the SOP in collaboration with different stakeholders. We’re specializing in automobiles over 7.5 tonnes. Among the many issues being detailed are stricter actions to be taken in opposition to industrial automobiles that exceed the velocity restrict, and likewise the banning of such automobiles from driving within the far-right lane as beforehand introduced by transport minister Anthony Loke,” he mentioned.
Final month, it was reported that heavy automobiles would quickly not be allowed to make use of the rightmost lane on highways, a ruling that was gazetted in 2015 however had but to be enforced. The transfer is one in all 5 enhancements that the transport ministry mentioned it was aiming to introduce and implement.
The opposite regulatory enhancements embody obligatory velocity management system set up, GPS monitoring, high-speed weigh-in-motion (HS-WIM) detectors at 11 freeway places, and extra automated enforcement system (AES) cameras.
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