Bear in mind the incident involving a Proton Saga FL driving in opposition to site visitors on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Hyperlink freeway yesterday? It seems that the driving force concerned is an 85-year-old man, in line with a Harian Metro report, reigniting questions on whether or not senior residents needs to be allowed to proceed driving.
Iskandar Puteri police chief Assistant Commissioner M Kumarasan stated the person turned up on the district’s site visitors investigation and enforcement division later within the day to help within the investigation. It was discovered that the driving force ended up opposing southbound site visitors on kilometre 14.3 of the Second Hyperlink after making a fallacious flip whereas driving in the direction of his house in Tampoi, he added.
“It’s believed [he] then turned off on the Gelang Patah exit and drove in the direction of Mutiara Rini earlier than the automotive he was driving ran out of gasoline,” M Kumarasan stated. “He was then helped by the general public and returned house by an e-hailing service.”
District police started investigating the incident after a touch cam video posted by Fb person AG Naysen went viral. It confirmed the cam automotive being certainly one of a trio of autos on the quick lane that needed to take evasive motion to keep away from the Saga, narrowly lacking it. The case is now being investigated beneath Part 42 (1) of the Street Transport Act 1987 for harmful and reckless driving.
This newest incident is only one of a number of situations of senior residents driving in opposition to site visitors. The state of affairs turned so untenable that in 2021 the police proposed a variety of situations for seniors to maintain their licences, together with for them to endure a health care provider’s examination to make sure they’re match to drive.
The suggestion was promptly shot down by then-transport minister Wee Ka Siong, who stated a driver’s competence shouldn’t be judged solely on age. Extra just lately, his successor Anthony Loke stated final yr it might be exhausting to impose age limits, as 30% of licensed senior residents had been nonetheless actively driving.
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