The Kuala Lumpur street transport division (JPJ) has issued 2,398 summonses for 939 autos below the Struggle on Overloaded Business Autos operation carried out since October 14, Named has reported.
The division acknowledged that 14 autos have been confiscated for numerous offences together with carrying extreme hundreds, flouting the situations of service stage necessities, operating with an expired motorcar licence, not having insurance coverage safety, its drivers not having a sound competent driving licence (CDL) and vocational licence, in addition to technical offences.
“Of the autos confiscated, six of the drivers have been from Indonesia and India, whereas eight have been Malaysians. Enforcement actions have been taken with the issuing of summonses to the drivers and homeowners of the autos in accordance with the provisions below the Land Public Transport Act 2010 (APAD 2010) and the Street Transport Act 1987,” JPJ stated in an announcement.
To be carried out till December 31 this yr, the operation goals to make sure street security and domesticate compliance with site visitors guidelines amongst operators of business autos, the street transport division added.
“Our focus is principally on areas recognized as being hotspots for actions involving business autos carrying extreme hundreds. Among the many varieties of high-risk cargo are stones, sand, soil, silica, coal, iron, oil palm and logs. Most of those autos are concerned within the quarry, port and heavy trade sectors,” it stated, including that KL JPJ has inspected 5,967 autos up to now.
Challenges confronted by KL JPJ included drivers refusing to cooperate by giving numerous excuses, similar to claiming their autos have been broken, and refusing to ship their autos for weighing, the division stated. Such actions might be prosecuted below Part 234 of APAD 2010 for obstructing public officers within the execution of their duties, which supplies for a fantastic not exceeding RM200,000 or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or each, it added.
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