KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) -- As of yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) had issued a total of 11,308 advocacy notices under the law compliance operations codenamed Op Pematuhan Undang-Undang (Op PUU), which began last Tuesday.
Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad said the notices involved various categories of vehicles and road users, including 4,587 motorcycles, 4,664 cars, 315 vans, 253 lorries, 265 taxis and 1,224 pedestrians.
“Of the total, the highest number of offences involved traffic obstruction, with 5,217 notices issued, followed by ignoring traffic lights (2,489), failure to use pedestrian crossings (1,139) and dirty, blurred, fancy or non-compliant number plates (927),” he said in a statement today.
Mohamed Usuf said other offences recorded included stopping past the white line (389 notices), not wearing helmets (407), not wearing seat belts (325), stopping in the yellow box (219) and modifying motorcycles (196).
He said that between Sept 6 and yesterday, Kuala Lumpur JSPT had issued a total of 60,596 advocacy notices to road users.
Op PUU, launched on Sept 6, adopts an advocacy approach for minor traffic offences before immediate summons action comes into effect on Oct 1.
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