Johor JPJ Logs 71,320 Traffic Offences In Four Months

JOHOR BAHRU, May 7 (Bernama) -- Johor Road Transport Department (JPJ) recorded 71,320 offences after inspecting 341,917 vehicles in various enforcement operations during the first four months of this year.

Its director, Zulkarnain Yasin, said that of the vehicles checked from January to April 30, action was taken against 40,539 for various offences under the 1987 Road Transport Act.

He said motorcycles topped the list with 17,424 units penalised, followed by cars (12,436), goods vehicles (4,379), foreign vehicles (3,863), heavy goods vehicles over 7,500kg (2,155) and buses (282).

The most common offences detected were 11,970 expired Motor Vehicle Licences, followed by 9,983 cases of no insurance, 1,532 without Vocational Licences and 1,216 without Competent Driving Licences (CDL), he said.

Zulkarnain spoke to reporters after a massive 'Ops Satu Johor' operation covering all districts in the state, held along the Skudai-Pontian road here tonight.

Zulkarnain said 10,287 cases were detected across nine major offences, including seatbelt violations, not wearing helmets, overloading, ignoring red lights, using emergency lanes, and dangerous lane-cutting.

“Besides that, 15,715 technical offences were recorded, such as 5,360 cases of improper registration numbers, tinted windows (1,875), vehicle modifications (718), retreaded tyres (204), and other technical issues (7,558), with JPJ logging another 9,137 cases in miscellaneous categories,” he said.

On tonight's integrated operation, Zulkarnain said it aimed to heighten road users' Perception of Being Caught (POBC) to reduce accident rates.

The operation involved more than 300 personnel from agencies including the police force, the Immigration Department, the National Anti-Drugs Agency, Royal Customs Malaysia and the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry.

"Tonight alone, 9,356 vehicles were checked, with action taken against 1,896 covering 2,824 offences and 2,450 summonses issued," he said.

Key offences detected included driving without a licence (510 cases), expired Motor Vehicle Licences (384), lapsed insurance (372), and non-compliant registration plates (432).

-- BERNAMA