Traffic Summons Payment At 50% Discount

Is there amongst us motorists who has been driving now for years who has never been issued a summons before? I doubt if there is.

In Malaysia, 90% of traffic summonses are issued by the Police authorities. The rest is reported issued by the Road Transport Department or J.P.J. Currently, it is believed some 650,000 motorists are blacklisted for dialing to settle traffic summonses. Sources say the police issued some 10,000 – 15,000 summonses everyday. Most of it unfortunately are not settled.

To date, there are some 15 million summonses in Malaysia which have not been paid yet. Although nonpayment of traffic summonses is indeed a big headache and problem to the authorities, yet the Cabinet has deferred to take action on errant motorists who have yet to pay up their summonses, until 28 February 2011. After that date, the Government will start blacklisting offenders.

Beginning from the 1st December 2010, those who settle traffic tickets within a period of 2 weeks will be given a 50% discount. Those who settle their dues after the 2 weeks period but by the end of the month will however be accorded a 30% discount. After that, motorists will be expected to pay up the full amount of the summons issued to them.

The above is a move by the government to get traffic offenders to pay up traffic summonses. After 28th February 2011, traffic offenders are liable to be blacklisted.

However, these discounts are not meant for all motorists who are issued traffic fines. Those offenders who are summoned under the road safety campaigns, the Ops Sikap exercises carried out during Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali and Christmas celebrations will not be given discounts.

Also, those have already been issued “warrant of arrest” will also not be given any discount at all. Those issued with summons for being involved in serious accidents, like being charged under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 will also not receive the 50% discount which is currently being given.

It is also reported that traffic fines issued under the Automated Enforcement System (A.E.S.) which is reportedly scheduled to be launched soon in January 2011 will also not be given discounts.

The Secretary General of the Transport Ministry, Datuk Long See Wooi said that the Government has to come down hard on traffic offenders by tightening the enforcement of traffic rules. The Government, Datuk Long said is in the midst of amending laws to make them stricter. If a motorist is fined RM300, then he or she has to pay up the RM300!

The A.E.S. will provide video surveillance on roads, at traffic lights and CCTV will be used especially at traffic light junctions to prevent motorists flaunting rules and regulation. With better all round surveillance, it is hoped Malaysian’s fatality index, which now stands at 3.55 deaths per 10,000 vehicles ar Dec 2010 will be lowered.

Besides surveillance cameras along our roads and traffic light junctions, helicopters will also be employed soon. There has been proposal to use helicopters to aid in rescue operations, especially in accidents which involved mass casualties.

The emergency unit of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, its department head, Professor Datuk Dr. Abu Hassan Asahari Abdullah said the used of helicopters would be carried out in phases throughout the 11th Malaysia Plan.

Dr. Abu Hassan further said the proposal integrated response service would have 3 helicopters in all, one each in Sabah and Sarawak, which 5 helicopters would be used in the northern, central and southern zones of the Malaysian peninsular.

Motorists are advised to make full use of the 50% discounts given to outstanding summonses. It is an offer which might never be offered again. Therefore, those who hold unsettled traffic summonses, take the opportunity to settle the outstanding summonses as soon as possible.

If you think only “Mega Sales” campaigns are carried out at supermarkets all throughout the nation, it looks as if now even government departments have resorted to be offering discount for traffic offenders to settle their outstanding summonses.

By | 2012-09-21T20:27:04+08:00 December 3rd, 2010|Driving In Malaysia|8 Comments

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  1. Farouk December 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm - Reply

    Dear Cikgu Yap,

    I had recently lost my US issued driving license here. While making the police report, I was informed that actually the US license is invalid here and that i was supposed to have converted it to a Malaysian driving license and that I was lucky not to have been stopped (well..ignorance is bliss).

    Now that I’m only equipped with a police report, would you know what my options are? Do I go to JPJ to appeal for a full Malaysian license, or do I start from scratch and head over to a driving school and file fresh application for a Malaysian license?

    Thanks for your time Cikgu Yap

    • Cikgu Yap December 7, 2010 at 12:02 pm - Reply

      As far as I’m concerned, US driving license can be used here. Anyway, the authority which detained you should have returned your driving license. Without it, you cannot convert it into Malaysian license.

      • Farouk December 24, 2010 at 2:42 pm - Reply

        Cikgu Yap,

        Actually I was never detained, I was making a report to the police that my license was lost.

        As my license is now considered lost, my question to you is – do you know what are the possible options for me…for example?

        1. Do I have to apply for a fresh Malaysian license (eg starting with a learner’s license), or

        2. May I appeal for a full license – subject to their approval?

        Thanks again Cikgu Yap.

        • Cikgu Yap December 24, 2010 at 9:06 pm - Reply

          Looks as if you’ll have to apply for a Malaysian driving license.

  2. phoenix January 2, 2012 at 1:05 pm - Reply

    hello,i was hit by a motorcyclist today. we made a police report since the motorcyclist could not pay me the repair fee. bt i did nt have a copy if the report after interviewed by the traffic police. he just gave me a contact nbr of a workshop n ask me to contact the person. is this a normal procedures??? will i be paid for the car repair under the motorcylist insurance?? and i nt sure the opponent had been fined for 300?? will it be possible for me to go the balai . request a copy of my report now???

    thanks a lot!!!

    • Cikgu Yap January 3, 2012 at 10:53 pm - Reply

      You can get a police report for RM2. You can certainly claim damage from the motorcyclists insurance company.

  3. lynn January 5, 2012 at 7:02 am - Reply

    hi there,

    Hope you can advice – Ive gotten few people telling me that expired license are only ‘valid’ for one year now ( instead of 3 years) for renewal.. Is this true? Tried finding info, yet nothing says about this.

    • Cikgu Yap January 7, 2012 at 6:23 am - Reply

      P (probational license) should not lapse 1 year. CDL shouldn’t lapse over 3 years.

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