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RTD confiscates 3,111 motorcycles for non-compliance with safety standards

14 Sep 2023 10:01am
The Road Transport Department (RTD) confiscated 3,111 motorcycles nationwide under the Special Motorcycle Ops from Sept 1 until yesterday for not complying with safety standards for use on the road, said JPJ Senior Enforcement director Datuk Lokman Jamaan. - BERNAMA
The Road Transport Department (RTD) confiscated 3,111 motorcycles nationwide under the Special Motorcycle Ops from Sept 1 until yesterday for not complying with safety standards for use on the road, said JPJ Senior Enforcement director Datuk Lokman Jamaan. - BERNAMA

MELAKA - The Road Transport Department (RTD) confiscated 3,111 motorcycles nationwide under the Special Motorcycle Ops from Sept 1 until yesterday for not complying with safety standards for use on the road, said JPJ Senior Enforcement director Datuk Lokman Jamaan.

"The ops was to complete the investigation procedure of various current and past cases of motorcyclists, such as having no insurance and no driving licences, modification of safety standards and so on.

"RTD did not seize the motorcycles but confiscated them to stop them from committing repeated and high-risk offences and prevent any serious injuries or fatalities,” he told reporters in Malim here last night.

Elaborating, Lokman said the motorcycles could also be claimed once the documentation is done and any offences committed are resolved, in addition to the motorcycles having proper insurance coverage.

"RTD has, so far, inspected a total of 140,544 motorcycles and a total of 64,295 notices were issued for various offences,” he said.

Lokman said that, of the total, 24,459 cases involved no insurance coverage, not having or having expired driving licences (19,928 cases), beating the traffic light (4,061 cases), extreme modifications (2,676 cases) and being underage (259 cases). - BERNAMA

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