Over 175,000 summonses not settled since 2018, says JPJ

SHAH ALAM: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has announced that 175,909 summonses involving commercial vehicles have not been settled since 2018, JPJ’s senior enforcement director Datuk Lokman Jamaan said.

Lokman said that of the total, offenders from Selangor have the highest number of summonses, amounting to 61,940 with each summons racking up to RM300.

The high number of offences and summonses issued shows the lack of concern for the law and traffic rules and JPJ will ensure that those with summons come forward and settle their outstanding dues so as to avoid any action taken against their companies.

"When a summons is issued, we (JPJ) will give a grace period to settle the fine, but many have failed to do so.

"Therefore an operation will start at the beginning of October to remind offenders to come and settle their summons,” he told reporters after launching the operation here last night.

He added that as soon as the operation was launched, action was taken against 55 lorries within an hour.

Lokman said that of the 239 offences committed by commercial vehicle drivers, 23 were found to have expired licences or no licence at all.

"Imagine 23 commercial vehicles are being driven by drivers who do not have a licence or their licence had expired. This is going to pose a serious danger to other road users, especially vehicles that are smaller in size.

"We know that whenever commercial vehicles are involved in accidents, the drivers of the commercial vehicles usually sustain light injuries but others involved in the accidents may suffer serious or fatal injuries.”

He said that under a special operation against motorcyclist offenders last month, 135,446 notices or summonses were issued for various offences such as having no insurance coverage, no  licence, no road tax and for flouting traffic rules.

The JPJ also seized 6,567 motorcycles that failed to meet the specifications or guidelines provided for under the safety requirements with many of these offenders aged from 16 to 35.