The transport ministry has introduced that the usage of pace restrict system (SLD) will likely be obligatory for all heavy automobiles in Malaysia, with enforcement set to start on October 1 for all heavy automobiles registered after January 1, 2015. For automobiles registered earlier than January 1, 2015, enforcement will start from January 1, 2026, whereas automobiles with out an SLD current might want to have the system put in by July subsequent 12 months.
Transport minister Anthony Loke stated the SLD, which is a pace restrict management system or system designed to restrict the utmost pace of a car, will forestall sure kinds of industrial automobiles from driving past the set pace restrict, which in accordance with the nationwide pace ?restrict will likely be set at 90 km/h for heavy automobiles and buses.
“Producers are required to standardise their SLD configurations to solely permit a most pace of 90 km/h. Even when the highway’s pace restrict is greater, resembling 110 km/h on highways, the SLD will nonetheless cap the car’s pace at 90 km/h,” he stated throughout a briefing on the matter earlier immediately. He added that on roads with decrease pace limits, resembling 60 km/h zones, drivers will merely want to stick to the set restrict.
He stated the SLD is obligatory for items automobiles (most weight exceeding 3,500 kg) and passenger automobiles (carrying greater than eight passengers and having a most weight exceeding 5,000 kg). This may even apply to rebuild automobiles and used imported items automobiles (most weight exceeding 3,500 kg).
The performance verification of SLDs and their activation might be ready by car producers/producers, workshops and technical service services in addition to any accredited Malaysian Requirements Division certification physique recognised by JPJ.
House owners or operators might want to deliver their respective automobiles to the authorized services (both producer or designated third-party) and activate the operate by way of a plug in system. Following this, drivers and car house owners will be capable to monitor information via software program and the usage of GPS.
Loke added that for automobiles that aren’t geared up with an SLD system, it is going to be obligatory to put in a retrofit SLD system that has been authorized by JPJ, with the work being carried out in workshops and technical service services recognised by JPJ. He stated enforcement of the set up of SLDs as retrofits will start on July 1, 2026.
He stated that the verification course of needs to be renewed each two years and have to be executed at a motorcar inspection centre (PPKM) and when making use of for or renewing a allow from the land public transport company (APAD). Loke stated the doc have to be carried always within the car for enforcement functions by JPJ.
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