Terengganu JPJ Catches Over 6,000 Commercial Vehicles Committing Various Offences

CHUKAI, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- The Terengganu Road Transport Department (JPJ) took action against 6,524 commercial vehicles for various technical offences and road-rule violations from January to October.

Its director, Mohd Zamri Samion, said this followed inspections of 39,527 commercial vehicles during enforcement operations over the same period.

“During the operations, 15,667 notices were issued to the vehicles, comprising 8,864 summonses and 6,803 notices directing them to undergo inspection,” he told reporters after conducting a technical inspection operation on commercial vehicles at the JPJ Kemaman Branch here today.

Of the summonses issued, 4,813 involved technical offences, including unauthorised vehicle modifications, registration numbers that did not meet specifications, the use of tinted windows and High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps, and exhaust systems that did not comply with specifications.

He said the department had identified several back roads and village roads often used by commercial vehicles, particularly lorries carrying stone at night, to avoid checks by the authorities.

“We will increase patrols and inspections along the identified routes to ensure commercial vehicles do not evade enforcement action if they fail to comply with the law,” he added.

-- BERNAMA