How does one transfer a vehicle either a car or motorcycle ownership in Malaysia?

Before proceeding further, permit me to inform you that Section 13 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 reiterates that a driver has to make the necessary transfer of vehicle within a period of 7 days after buying or selling of a vehicle.

Failing to do so entails a RM100 fine!

But making a transfer of ownership can be rather a difficult endeavor.

Why do we need to transfer the ownership of a vehicle?

One of the reason is when a family member passed away and the next of kin would like to sell off the vehicle.

Below is a video interview I did explaining the process of transferring a vehicle ownership of a deceased family member.

Ownership transfer challenges

A friend of mine, Mr. Ong sold his jalopy some 18 years ago.

Rather recently, Mr. Ong came to seek my assistance.

He laments, the car which he sold a decade ago it yet in his name still.

The story has it that legal action now is being taken against him.

The owner who bought the old car had not bothered to take the necessary steps to transfer the vehicle ownership.

Anyway, this has resulted in a gain for my friend.

In the recent rebate exercise, Mr. Ong went to the Post Office to claim his RM600.

Believe it or not, he was still the rightful owner of the vehicle after 18 long years.

In my opinion, many motorists do not know the correct procedures to adopt when selling a vehicle.

The procedure

What they normally do is:

i) Sign the JPJ K3 form (MV3) form.

ii) Provide 2 copies of their MyKad to the new owner.

iii) Hand the Registration card (blue book) to the purchaser or finance company and that’s about it.

They should in fact:

i) Inform in a letter to the Registrar of Motor Inland Vehicles (R.M.I.V) of the sale

ii) Inform the Police authorities of the sale too.

iii) Inform the insurance company of the sale as well.

Simple agreement

Ideally, a simple agreement should then be concluded between you and the purchaser of your car.

In it, state that as from henceforth, you are no longer liable for:

i) Any traffic offences that might be caused by the said vehicle.

ii) For any accident which might involve the vehicle which is registered under your name.

The simple piece of paper, which represents an agreement, should ideally also be stamped at the Stamp Office in your town nearby.

The total cost does not involve more than RM10.

This simple agreement above might not provide you full protection against legal actions, but believe me, it goes a long way.

But the point is, how many motorists and drivers know the procedures?

And yet, how many more bother about the hassle?

Unless you are like me, who is very interested in all things legal, and who possesses a Registrar of Companies for a brother, I believe most people will not bother too much about the correct manner to adopt when selling off an old vehicle.

This is where they get into trouble with the law.

Today’s article will therefore pay emphasis on how to transfer a vehicle.

Yes, the steps are many and time consuming, no doubt.

But instructing you on the proper way to get a vehicle transferred from A to Z will be worth the while.

It might very well assist you from being taken to court by some quarters, especially the law.

First, go to the nearest J.P.J. office.

Get a set of transfer forms needed. The forms will consist of:

i) JPJ TM-3 form – Borang Permohonan Pertukaran Milikan Kenderaan.

ii) JPJ K3A form – Transfer of ownership / Borang Penyata Pertukaran Milikan Kenderaan.

iii) Form to certify new ownership.

Fill up the form and sign it wherever necessary.

The new owner’s identification card or MyKad have to be certified by:

i) An officer of the Transport Department.

ii) A Commissioner of Oaths.

iii) A Justice of Peace of J.P.

iv) A Judge from the Session Court.

If you wish to save some money, you could go to J.P.J. office.

An officer there will help you certify the above documents.

Vehicle inspection

The next step after completing the transfer form is to bring your vehicle Puspakom inspection.

There is such a facility at Kampung Jawa, Klang.

The working hours are from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Puspakom officials will conduct a 10 point check on your car.

Ideally, your car should be in a fairly good condition to pass the test.

Owners are advised to send their vehicle for servicing prior to sending them for inspection purposes.

Puspakom authorities will supply owners with a K5 certificate.

This certificate will then enable one to do the transfer of a car with the J.P.J. authorities.

Inspections can be completed around 1 – 2 hours.

Sometimes if delay occurs, it might take a little bit longer.

In case you wish to know, it costs RM35 – RM50 to do an inspection exercise.

Completion of Puspakom’s tests will lead you next to the following steps.

Insurance purchase

This is known as insurance purchase.

The new owner has to purchase new insurance in order to do the transfer.

Experience tells me, a RM8000 first party insurance will come to around RM550.

However, scout around.

Some insurance may charge slightly lower prices.

Having completed the insurance purchase, you are ready next to submit the transfer form to the J.P.J. for transfer.

A word of reminder though, the transfer itself requires a fee of RM100.

You can pay cash at the counter.

Make sure you check your Senarai Semak to see all the relevant sections of your transfer form has been duly completed.

Armed with all the above forms, go to the transfer section of any J.P.J. office to do your transfer.

You should face no difficulty at all.

Officials and staff of the J.P.J. are courteous, friendly and ever ready to assist you wherever they can.

As a reminder again, the transfer fee is RM100.

Transfer can sometimes be done within the day itself.

At times, the J.P.J. might need to detain your transfer documents in order to certify certain particulars.

That being so, the authorities might have to issue you with a photostat copy, duly signed by its officers for your temporary use.

You will be asked to come back later for your new registration card or vehicle card.

Runner service

To end this article, I wish to inform you that the service of a middle men or runner can be as much as RM450 – RM500 for such a transfer.

Should you think the amount is worth paying for such a job done, by all means, you could engage their services.

Considering the procedures one has to go through, my personal opinion is, I think it is worth all the hassle a middle man has to go through in trying to get your vehicle transferred.

He has to live also right?

If after all these detailed explanations regarding how to conduct a vehicle transfer with the J.P.J., you still possess problems, feel free to put your question in the comment section below.

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To be exact, since April 2009. Of late, I feel I have been churning our articles that are not very interesting to readers.

Why do I feel this way?

When readers do not give good reviews, comments or encouraging remarks, how else then would a writer be expected to feel?

Today, therefore, I will attempt to write an interesting article for all readers. Hopefully, I shall succeed in my attempt.

Road users, in case you are unaware, include pedestrians, motorists and motorcyclists.

There are in fact many things which, unfortunately many road users are unaware of. The following are 5 things Malaysian road users may not know:

1) The necessity to wear shoes when they are driving.

Many Malaysian drivers, include your sincerely, are very fond of wearing slippers when they drive.

Slippers wearing is a habit amongst us. It is a cool and simple way to drive about.

But believe me, if you choose to wear such apparels when driving or riding a motorcycle, you will, I am certain, find yourself in deep trouble one day.

Why do I say so? Because wearing slippers is deemed dangerous!

As a driving instructor for many years now, I should be aware of the Road Transport Department’s (R.T.D.) requirement that all my students wear shoes and certainly not slippers when they attend driving classes with me.

Touch wood, they say, until today, I have yet to be stopped by the R.T.D. for this offense yet.

What a big shock it was for me when a reader commented that new learners should wear slippers instead of shoes when learning how to drive.

According to him, it seems a driver will then be able to have a better feel of the accelerator.

I wish to remind all readers, driving with slippers is against the law, not only in Malaysia, but I believe in many other countries all around the world as well.

Anyway, if you should be stopped by the R.T.D. or J.P.J. authorities, please do remember, they will end up summoning you, and not me, the instructor.

To end this section on the danger of wearing slippers, especially when riding motorcycles, permit me to relate to you about an incident which involved myself riding my Suzuki 120 cc in my younger days.

One night, as I was attempting to put my bike on a one stand stance, stepping on its stand and heaving the bike back to put it on its stand, unfortunately the metal contraption hit my toe nail and almost ripped it off.

Intense bleeding of my toe together with the searing pain almost caused me to faint.

If I had not been wearing slippers then, this unfortunate incident would not have happened.

2) Doing a U turn is not allowed.

Many drivers I’m certain, are not aware that doing a U turn is towns is not allowed. This is especially so, when many motorists make U turns at traffic light junctions.

Unless there is an arrow and a traffic sign that show a U turn is permitted, doing a U turn at such places is a traffic offense.

3) Standing in the middle of the road at double lines.

Some pedestrians are very fond of standing in the middle of busy roads while trying to cross busy roads.

Prior to this, pedestrians would stand on a divider as they wait for an opportunity to cross the road. This in fact is a dangerous move.

What pedestrians are advised to do is to first of all wait at the road shoulder should he or she intend to cross the road.

Once a pedestrian discovers that oncoming cars a no longer approaching him, he can then proceed to cross the road safely.

So do remember, if you wish to cross a road, you are hereby advised to first of all stand on the road shoulder, observe traffic and ensure it is safe before finally crossing the road.

4) Drivers should put on headlights when it is night time.

Headlights or head lamps should be put on when night time arrives is something all drivers should be aware of.

What signifies “night”?

A solicitor friend of mine advises, night is considered as “half an hour after the sun legally sets”.

For instance, if the sun has set at 6:40 pm, then by 7:10 pm, a motorist should then be installing the lights of his car by that time.

Failure to put on the lights of his car by then would constitutes an offense.

5) Refusal to pay tolls constitutes an offense.

It is uncertain whether as a motorist, you are aware that when you cross a toll collection booth, you have to pay toll.

What will happen should you refuse to pay tolls?

Maybe you have reasons for it. Protesting perhaps with something you are not too happy about.

Be it be known, that a person who refuses to pay tolls can be arrested by the authorities concerned.

I still remember very vividly, when the Opposition leader, the Honorable Lim Kit Siang, refused to pay tolls. The toll authorities finally called the cops who came to remove him.

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In conjunction with my last article where I wrote about the Malaysian new driving curriculum for new drivers, I would like to raise the question of why Malaysian drivers are considered as poor drivers.

There exists many reasons why foreigners regard Malaysians as the world worst drivers. If we should make an in depth study why we Malaysian drivers are regarded as such, some of the reasons must surely be:

1) Malaysian drivers possess poor discipline.

Poor discipline has time and again led motorists to ignore rules and regulations.

For example, even though faced with a red traffic light, there are some who choose to ignore it and beat the traffic light instead. The consequences of such actions have been time and time again reported to have been dire.

2) Some Malaysian drivers do not seem to respect traffic lights.

Again, due to poor discipline, drivers and motorcyclists tend to ignore traffic lights. Elsewhere in another article, I have gave examples whereby some motorists perpetually ignore traffic lights.

At traffic lights, observe carefully and you’ll discover 2 to 4 of those who are waiting at the traffic lights will eventually shoot off after waiting for quite some time. This indicates impatience.

Impatience at traffic lights is dangerous. Accidents can easily happen quite often. Motorists are advised to ponder carefully regarding this factor.

3) Overtaking on the left side of the road.

Overtaking on the left is not encouraged because it is dangerous. But Malaysian drivers seem to adopt this manner of driving. When tutoring students how to drive, I have time and again come across people who overtake on the left.

Just recently, an Indian motorcyclist overtook my female student suddenly on the left. I was shocked and appalled by what had happened. And the above motorcyclist had the audacity to raise his hand into the air as if in show of his disgust, when we nearly knocked into him.

In reality, the motorcyclist himself was at fault for overtaking on the left side in the first place. We were not at fault. It was the motorcyclist who was in reality at fault. He overtook us on the left!

4) Excessive speeding.

Although there is a national speed limit in Malaysia, nevertheless, this speed is unfortunately not followed too rigidly. For foreign readers consumption, trunk roads, for example, Klang to Kuala Lumpur, the maximum speed limit allowed is 80 km/h and 90 km/h. Expressways, which usually connects states, like the North-South expressways from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, for example, has a maximum speed limit of 110 km/h.

However, such speed limits are frequently not observed. A friend of mine, Jack, recently told me he drove a Perdana V6 going at 140 km/h. The above is only one classic example of people ignoring speed limits in the country.

5) Not stopping at junctions.

Many Malaysian drivers and motorcyclists have a tendency not to stop at junctions. More so when it is a junction where no traffic lights are installed. Even though there is a “stop, look, go” sign.

From observations made by me over a period of more than 40 years of tutoring students how to drive, I have arrived at a conclusion whereby most motorists come to a junction and straight away fail to stop at such junctions.

Due to impatience, drivers fail to stop. And instead of giving way to traffic, these drivers will instead shoot off straight into the road ahead and right into the path of on coming cars.

Such manner of driving can very easily cause accidents. If only all drivers, faithfully do their duty of stopping at junctions, then driving in Malaysia would be a dream and I am sure that the rate of accidents in our country would be greatly reduced.

6) Not wearing helmets as required by law.

Although there is a law which requires motorcyclists and its pillion riders to wear helmets, sad to note that especially in kampung areas or remote areas, people seem to ignore this ruling. Most motorcyclists do not bother to don helmets as required by the law. This has resulted in many deaths amongst motorcycle riders and its pillion.

The government on its part has launched many campaigns to encourage the public to use helmets. In one recent helmet campaign, a total of 135,000 Sirim approved helmets were given away to motorcyclists as an exchange for old and worn out helmets.

7) Failure to use indicators and signals when turning.

The use of signals and indicators when turning is essentially very important. What I have observed all these years is that Malaysian drivers and motorists fail to use these 2 items fully.

If only signals and indicators are used to its maximum capacity, then I feel that the number of accidents in the country can be easily be reduced.

8) Overtaking at double lines.

Overtaking at double lines is strictly disallowed. As such, no drivers should ever envisage to overtake at such places. Observations made by me over the years, surprisingly indicate that Malaysian drivers fail to adhere to this particular requirement.

Non adherence to this particular aspect of the law can go on to cause many accidents in our country.

9) Failure to stop at pedestrian crossings.

In Singapore, where failure to stop at pedestrian crossings is a serious violation of traffic laws, in Malaysia, unfortunately, motorists who choose not to stop at a pedestrian crossing are not dealt with as seriously as their counterparts in Singapore.

Unless and until Malaysian drivers are willing to change their mindset over giving way to pedestrian at pedestrian crossings, we will unfortunately continue to see violations at such crossings for a long time to come.

The above are 9 of the most common traffic violations committed by Malaysian drivers as well as motorcyclists.
These are violations observed by me over the years.

The Road Transport Department admits that a few things have gone wrong in our system. For one, poor enforcement unfortunately has to be said to be one of the causes. If enforcement had been effective, this will instill fear in motorists and they will not violate laws. This is why new learner drivers have to be educated accordingly so that they will become better drivers.

Another manner in which Malaysia drivers and motorcyclist can be trained as better drivers is through safety campaigns. Such campaigns must go on, even though they have been seen as not being effective enough.

Finally, the government wants those who are responsible for the above campaigns to be “people friendly” and accessible to the public.

I look forward to the launching of the new driving curriculum which will be introduced very shortly to the Malaysian public. Its aim as reiterated is a move to produce more law abiding, courteous and competent drivers.

Will our country succeed in our quest with the new driving curriculum? Even though it is believed “you are what you are”, nevertheless, an attempt can be made nonetheless. Who knows, anything can happen. We may very well succeed in our attempt!

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P.M. MUHIDDIN YASSIN, in his interview recently, repeatedly said, Malaysia has to adopt to the “new norm”.

What is it actually?

The NEW NORM, referred to above, amongst other things include:-

(i) Social Distancing

At banks, restaurants and other public outlet, people must adhere to a distance of at least 3 feet apart.

This is a practice most Malaysian will find extremely cumbersome.

Can we adapt to it or otherwise? It remains to be seen when our lockdown period is lifted.

(ii) Malaysian are FRIENDLY and WARM by nature

The day before the compulsory shutdown, Malaysians greet each by “shaking hands” and embracing one another.

No where in the world, I believe , are more friendlier than we Malaysians.

So, what therefore are we expected now to do to be less friendly?

We have no other alternative.

We are now expected to adapt the “new norm” Muhyiddin advocates.

We now have to smile, curtsy, bow a little, utter “how are you” and clasp our hands, act the way the Japanese and Siamese people do.

It looks as if “ shaking hand” and “embracing “ are now out.

(iii) Working From The Home

Most people now works from home. Employers must now get used to workers working at home.

My 2 daughters now work from home.

One works in a logistic company, the other sell medical web software for a Singapore based company.

Although both felt uneasy, but as time went by, they became used to the idea.

(iv) Wearing Face Masks will be more than Just Hygienic

Malaysians better be used donning “face mask” from henceforth.

Despite being cumbersome, these problematic items are going to be the norm for Malaysian.

Wherever we go, “masks” are going to be something we have to getting used to eventually.

(v) Buying Food and Bringing it Home for Consumption

The “shutdown” is currently being implemented.

People can no longer eat at restaurants and coffee shop outlets.

While buying their meals, people have to practice “social distancing”.

The queue along the corridors are long.

A disappointing sight, I agree.

But that’s now it’s going to be from now on.

The ‘eating” business will be hard hit.

Business will undoubtedly be affected. Without a doubt before long, we will see many outlets shutting down.

(vi) The MAJLIS BANDARAN AUTHORITIES or “Town Council” Authorities must step up its duties to ENSURE EATING OUTLETS ARE UP TO HYGENIC STANDARDS

Without a doubt, unlike Singapore which is renowned to be a clean and hygienic state, Malaysia is undoubtedly not so.

The Town Council authorities is now responsible for clean and hygienic environments, has to be buck up and do its work.

Unless they do, “COVID 19” dilemma will continue.

(vii) Ordering Things Online

Getting used to the idea of buying goods and marketing necessities will now see a boon in online activities.

Food will henceforth be delivered by Grab Food operators and dispensers.

Cost of delivery will rise, it cannot be avoided. That’s the result of the pandemic now affecting us.

As the pandemic now continues, our lives will undergo a lot of changes. The article will now stop here temporarily. I will pen more on the “new norms” at a later date.

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Institut, meskipun tiada betapa luas kawasannya, memang ada cara ataupun latihan pergerakan untuk memandu di bulatan.

Biasanya, di institut memandu ada satu sahaja bulatan ataupun “round about“.

Terdapat 2 cabang jalan ke arah bulatan tersebut.

Sekiranya anda berada di cabang jalan kanan ke arah bulatan, biasanya calon-calon yang saya tutur di minta berhenti serta beri laluan atau jalan kepada pemandu atau kenderaan di sebelah kiri.

Ini melambangkan bahawa kenderaan kiri sebenarnya turun bukit dan hendak menguruskan bulatan ataupun round about dalam perjalanan mereka ke ke arah tempat side parking.

Satu pedoman ataupun taktik yang ingin di sampaikan kepada calon adalah, semasa masuk ke round about, hendaklah masuk ke bahagin dalam.

Pendek kata, seseorang calon yang menguruskan perjalanan melalui bulatan haruslah memastikan bahawa perjalanannya berdekatan dengan tebing round about.

Tetapi, janganlah sehingga roda depan ataupun belakang melanggar benteng round about pula.

Kalau masuki round about, jangan pula mengelilingi kawasan luar.

Sekiranya ini berlaku, panduan anda di takrifkan sebagai telajuk atau apa yang di iktirafkan sebagai “out or control”.

Harus di ingatkan bahawa traffik dalam proses uruskan pengelilingan bulatan mempunyai “the right of way”.

Trafik-trafik yang hendak masuk ke round about haruslah memberi perjalanan ke trafik yang di dalam bulatan.

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Simpang ataupun “junction” biasanya hanya mengizinkan sebuah kereta bergerak sahaja.

Jangan potong Q

Langkah pertama ialah beratur dan tunggu giliran anda untuk jalan.

Jika anda “potong que” di simpang, ini adalah satu ke salahan dan anda mungkin di saman polis.

Pertukaran gear

Sekiranya anda menggunakan gear 2, apabila anda sampai ke simpang T misalnya, anda hendaklah dengan cepat, pijak klutch dan brek sekali gus untuk perlahankan kereta.

Dengan ini, kereta anda tidak akan mati enjinnya.

Selepas telah berhenti, cepat-cepat tukarkan gear balik ke gear satu.

Pastikan “all clear”

Sementara itu, pandang ke kira dan ke ke kanan untuk melihatkan kenderaan.

Sekiranya laluan kiri-kanan tiada kenderaan (all clear), pijak accelerator sedikit, lepaskan klutch sedikit, kawalnya dengan baik dan elakkan mati enjin.

Kemudian, gerak perlahan-lahan depan ke arah mana yang anda berhajat.

Harus di ingatkan, sewaktu anda berhenti di simpang, hendaklah izinkan kenderaan yang berada di sebelah kanan anda berlalu dahulu.

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Most probably, you will be summoned for parking offences, speeding, simple traffic violation etc.

In fact, the most common traffic offense in Malaysia is driving without a license or driving with an expired driving license.

Lately, a lot of van and lorry drivers have been summoned by the Polis because they were driving without a Goods Driver’s License (GDL).

Make an appeal

If you’ve gotten a Malaysia police summons, what should you do?

Well, firstly, you can always make an appeal.

To do this, you have to go to a police station nearest to you and speak to the officer there.

Sometimes if you are lucky, you can get a discount of your traffic summons.

But if you are really at the wrong, chances are, your appeal may not work,

Checking summonses online

How would you know if you have a traffic summons?

You can actually check your traffic record status online.

There are 3 ways you can check if you’ve been given a Polis summons online:

1) MyEG Services

First, you can check your traffic summons status by using the services from MyEG.

MyEG main site

Go to their main web site at www.myeg.com.my.

If you don’t have an account, you have to register with them.

Select the Polis Di Raja Malaysia (PDRM) option

When you are inside the portal, click on the “PDRM enquiry & Payment” option.

Next, do a search by entering either your identity card number, passport number, company registration number or vehicle registration number.

Click on the “Check Summons” button.

If you have a Malaysia police summons, the record will show up in the search results.

The next step is obviously to make a payment.

You can pay your summons using either bank transfer or with your credit card.

Singapore citizens can now check if they have traffic summons in Malaysia and make payment using their credit card.

2) Rilek Services

The second option to check your Polis summons online is through Rilek.

You can visit their main web site at www.rilek.com.my.

Rilek main site

The service at Rilek is limited.

You can only check the traffic summons but cannot make payment.

Nonetheless, yon can use them as an alternative to MyEG.

When you are at Rilek main site, select the Polis Di Raja Malaysia (PDRM) option.

Next, create an account with them with your email and password.

When you are inside Rilek, click the drop down menu “Search By” and enter your information.

If you have a Polis summons, it will be shown in the search results.

3) Smartphone app

The third option to check if you have Polis traffic summons is to use smartphone apps.

Download app from iTunes

For Apple iPhone users, you can download the Malaysia Police Summons app by MAXSIM.

Click the link below to download the app from iTunes.

Click here to download app

If you are an Android user, you can download the Malaysia Police Summons apk from the link below.

Click here to download Android apk

My advice

If you have any traffic summons from PDRM, my advice is, pay up.

If you have many outstanding traffic summons, the end results can be quite bad.

Your driving licence can be suspended or blacklisted.

For Singaporean, you can enter into Malaysia but you may not be allowed to leave at customs checkpoint if you have may outstanding traffic summons.

I’ve already listed 3 ways how you can check if you have Police summons online.

Now you have no excuse not paying them.

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It is a case of vehicle accident between his car and a few motorcycles.

KC claim the accident is not his fault.

But the motorcyclists are claiming it is his fault.

He wanted to know what he should do.

Vehicle accident between a car a 3 motorcycles

Dear Cikgu Yap,

I’ve read your blog post and all the comments carefully to see if I could glean advice for my current situation.

While I didn’t find an answer, I have definitely learned many things about Malaysian traffic law offences that were very useful. Thank you for that.

I would like to ask your advice on this situation:

I was driving alone on my way to work and caught in a traffic jam.

I was going straight and I stopped (in the right side lane) because of the traffic jam.

I was at the bottom of the Maju Jaya ramp.

A motorcycle then hits me in the back (the back left side of my back mirror, bumper, mudguard, back lights, trunk of car were dented and smashed), and two other motorcyclists hit the first motorcycle.

I came out and saw the motorcyclists, and people had stopped to help all of us.

I called the ambulance and the police.

The motorcyclists were injured and had broken bones.

I was then told to move my car to the left lane to avoid obstruction of traffic and I did so.

I then made my police report.

My problem now is that a week and a half later, I receive a letter saying that the two other motorcyclists claimed that I was changing lanes when I didn’t, in fact, change lanes.

There was another letter ordering me to appear before court or to have compound for ‘causing an accident’.

I went to the police station again and he advised me to pay the compound.

My offence was R6(2) CN166/59.

My concern is, if I were to pay the fine just so I can avoid hassle and get my car fixed/ claim insurance, would paying and signing the summons be an admission of guilt?

I want to avoid going to court at all costs because I don’t have that kind of money and I didn’t do anything wrong.

I’m trying to protect myself from any future legal action or claims these motorcyclists may make towards me.

I have heard many horror stories from friends and family about such a thing.

Would making a formal follow-up report to contest their testimony help at all?

Please help.

Thank you very much in advance.

My response to KC

If the other motor hit you from behind, then it is his fault.

You also said you made a police report.

The other 2 motorcyclists claim that you were changing lanes does not hold water.

Just ignore it.

The letter that asked you to attend court, if not a police summons or from other authorities such as JPJ, just ignore it.

Regarding the police compound, it’s advised you pay it up.

If you feel apprehensive, seek a lawyer’s assistance quickly.

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Yana, sebagai seorang universiti telah menyewa sebuah kereta untuk penggunaan peribadi.

Tanpa pengetahuan Yana, kereta sewanya telah di saman pihak JPJ.

Jumlah kos saman adalah RM550!

Kes ini amat merisaukan Yana.

Kes kereta sewa kena saman JPJ

Assalamualaikum Cikgu Yap.

Saya harap cikgu dapat bantu saya.

Pada 24/04/2014, saya telah menyewa sebuah kereta untuk penggunaan sendiri.

Baru-baru ini, empu kereta sewa mesej saya pada 25/02/2015 mengatakan saya kena saman pada tarikh 24/04/2014.

Dia kata dia baru dapat tahu kereta dia kena saman sebab baru nak renew road tax dan lesen.

Jenis kesalahan :

1. Gagal mematuhi papan tanda di larang masuk rm300.

2.GAGAL MELAPOR DIRI sebanyak rm250.

Masalahnya sekarang cikgu, siapa yang salah dalam kesalahan yang kedua?

Yang gagal lapor diri ke?

Sebab bukan empunya kereta tersebut.

Pihak JPJ akan menghantar surat ke rumah untuk memberitahu saman tersebut.

Tapi owner kereta tersebut kata tidak dapat surat yang sampai ke rumah.

Lepas tu saya suruh dia semak di JPJ betul ke surat tak sampai?

Selepas abang saya telefon dia, dia mengatakan ya, JPJ ada hantar surat tapi tak sampai kepada dia.

Tapi sebelum ni dia kate dia selalu kena saman, tapi yg saman nie dia tak tahu apa pun.

Saya rasa terkejut sangat,

Bukan sikit jumlahnya!

Sebagai seorang pelajar..semuanya rm550.

Tapi adakah gagal melaporkan diri itu adalah salah saya juga padahal saya tak tahu pun pasal saman tu?

Dah hampir setahun baru dia beritahu saya.

Saya dah bayar saman RM300 tu pada dia.

Cumanya, RM250 tu saya minta dia selesaikan cara baik di balai polis.

Tapi dia mengelak dan macam tak nak.

Still paksa saya untuk bayar.

Tolong saya jawab ye cikgu.

Terima kasih.

Jawapan saya kepada Yana

Apabila anda menyewa sebuah kereta, ada banyak risiko yang harus di tanggung oleh pemilik kereta.

Jika belaku kemalangan, syarikat insurans berhak tidak membayar claim kerana pemilik kereta telah menyewa keretanya.

Syarikat yang menyewa kereta harus membayar kos insurans yang lebih tinggi.

Dalam kes ini, anda telah membayar RM300 atas kesalahan anda melanggar undang-undang.

Yang baki RM250, terpulanglah kepada pemilik kereta.

Bila dia menyewa kereta, itulah risiko yang dia harus ambil.

Lagipun, kereta adalah miliknya.

Jika dia tidak bayar RM250, dia mungkin di senarai hitamkan oleh JPJ.

Tapi yang ini tiada kene mengena dengan anda.

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It is regarding an outstanding traffic summons.

Andy claimed that he is not at fault.

Traffic summonses in Malaysia

Dear Cikgu Yap,

I just receive a summon addressed to my house in Negeri Sembilan.

In the summon it stared that I committed an offence under section 79 (2) of the RTA.

The summon claimed that I committed that offence at one of the street in Malacca at around 2pm.

To my surprise, I had no idea at all when I committed that offence.

I call up to the police station, they told me as long as your car plat n particular are correct, then I must pay summon.

I told them I am not at the place of incident at that time, and no one is using my car, then the police officer said if im not satssfied then can go to the station and get a copy of the original summon to satisfy me that the particulars are correct.

I told the officer no use for me to get another copy, as my point is I am not at the place if incident where the summon is issued out.

So ridiculous and groundless summon I had received.

What is your advice to me?

Another question from me, I cannot recall any incident that makes me to commit the above offence except one incident which I forget when.

At that time I was inside the car with my friend in front of a shopping complex, I stopped at there wanted to drop my friend.

Before my friend leaving, we had a chit chat for around 5 minutes.

While we are chatting, an officer come over and he just realised that we were in the car.

Then we informed the officer we are going off soon and he left and go to another car then he drive off using his bike.

I want to know is the officer right to issue the summon in such case?

Because other than this incident I have no idea when do I committed that offence. Thanks

Ps..anyway i am ready to fight for my own right..unfair society.

My response to Andy

When someone gets a summons, it is useless claiming you weren’t driving the vehicle, or you can’t remember the incident or saying you were not at fault.

If it is your vehicle’s number and you are the registered owner, nothing else you can do except settle the summons received.

The only alternative is to attend court.

That means you have either defend yourself if you can in court.

Or get a counsel to assist you.

That’s going to cost a lot of money and much time as well.

Regarding your second question where you were chatting with a friend, as explained to you earlier, you can be summoned even if you were just sitting in your car.

As said, you might be obstructing traffic flow at the place where you stopped and chatted with your friend.

Hope you understand the situation.

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