I agree what the government do to decrease the ammount of road accidents by doing this. As I know, from the newspaper, motorcyclists are the main contributors of the nation's road accidents. I hope by doing this, It may change the attitudes of Malaysian's motorcyclists to abide rules and road regulations. It is not hard to abide those rules. If others can, so, why don't you? By abiding those rules, you wouldn't have to be afraid to go anywhere with your bike. The police and other inforcements just doing their work. Bashing those authorities everytime you meet up a roadblock by them doesn't prove anything.'Arresting' the bikes
26 Feb 2007
Offenders will lose m-cycles on the spot
Alang Bendahara
KUALA LUMPUR: Motorcyclists who break the law will have their machines seized on the spot.
Police have taken 1,122 motorcycles in an exercise which began on Friday. Yesterday, until 3pm, 447 machines were seized.
Offenders, including those without licences, road tax and insurance coverage, will have to go to district police stations, pay their summonses and show proof they have their documents before claiming their motorcycles.
Federal traffic police chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar said they were unable to stomach the lackadaisical attitude of those who ride the two-wheelers.
Ops Sikap XII, which began on Feb 11, had seen 183 deaths until Friday, of whom 107 were motorcyclists.
"Of the motorcyclists who died, 34 did not have valid licences or road tax or insurance coverage. They should not have been on the road in the first place.
"It shows how reckless they were and their lackadaisical attitude towards the law.
"This cannot go on as they endanger their lives and that of other road users.
"Hence, the decision to remove them from the roads," Nooryah said at a roadblock near the Cheras toll plaza here yesterday.
She said that the exercise would continue even after Ops Sikap XII, which ended yesterday, to ensure that only those with valid documents were on the road.
Although the exercise was confined to Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Perak, it would be extended to the other states soon.
Nooryah said the police were using Section 26 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which allowed them to seize the machines.
"When stopped by the police, they have all sorts of excuses. They say they need the motorcycles to go to work and travel.
"But it is not as if we are now living in a kampung era. They can only be on the road if they have licences, road tax and insurance coverage. If not, they can rely on alternative transportation."
She said aside from issuing summonses to the motorcyclists, parents and friends who lend their machines to those not qualified to ride them would also face the wrath of the law as the Road Transport Act provides for it.
"They should have known better as it is their property which they are allowing those not qualified to use."
With seven people killed on Saturday, the total number of deaths under the 14-day Ops Sikap XII reached 190. Of the seven deaths, three involved motorcyclists, three pedestrians and one on a bicycle.
Police issued 12,539 summonses to motorists on Saturday.
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5 comments:
Aku ada sedikit bersetuju ngan apa yg kerajaan buat. Cuba kita tengok sekarang, everytime citer pasal eksiden, kisah motor je la yang banyak. Baru minggu lepas pasal superbikers Singapore eksiden teruk kat PLUS highway. Sorry la kalau aku cakap camni, ini semua pasal attitude. Superbikes sama, mat rempit pun sama ja.
Tapi kisah mat rempit ni, terlampau berleluasa sangat kat Malaysia. Dah la diorang semua ni bawah unur, tapi perasan terer. Kalau la aku ada unregistered lori, dah lama aku gelek diorang semua ni kat jalan raya. Suka sangat kacau orang ramai. Harap2 apa yang kerajaan buat ni dapat menghapuskan sentimen mat rempit di atas muka bumi Malaysia ini.
this effort must be done constantly so that this problems will decrease slowly time to time.
I support the effort :p
but, we couldnt blame it 100% to the motorcyclists since cars' drivers in Malaysia have also this bad attitude. mostly, from my experiences, this attitude make other motorcyclists involved it road accidents.
anyway, it is just my harmless opinions.
ala. rampas motor pun, MR mesti buat operasi besar-besaran curi motor. yg kena rampas mesti kebanyakan motor curi.
banyaklah kot kes-kes motor curi akan datang, yer kot.
wow. how can the person in the picture can bring those breads anywhere?
wind blast?
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