Unlicensed, underage driving, which is extra prevalent than you suppose, is often the results of automobiles being taken out on joyrides with out the data of the automobile proprietor, and typically there’s even consent from the latter, however what if there’s much more, such because the presence of a guardian within the automobile itself?
Such a case unfolded in Kedah final week, when a 13-year-old boy was caught driving a automotive – along with his father seated within the passenger seat of the automobile – throughout a highway transport division (JPJ) enforcement operation in Kulim, because the Malay Mail studies.
In keeping with Kedah JPJ director Stien Van Lutam, the boy was driving a Perodua Kancil when he was pulled over at about 12.45 pm on March 5 alongside Jalan Sungai Seluang throughout an operation carried out by the Sungai Petani JPJ department. Checks discovered the boy didn’t possess a legitimate driving licence as he had but to succeed in the authorized age to acquire one, an offence beneath Part 39(1) of the Highway Transport Act 1987.
The lad’s response to enforcement officers in regards to the matter was that he had ‘no alternative’ however to drive as a result of his father was unwell and wanted to run an errand. He was issued a summons for underage driving, whereas his father was likewise fined by JPJ. Checks confirmed the automobile, which was not seized, had a legitimate highway tax.
Whereas nothing untoward happened on this explicit occasion, permitting underage people to get behind the wheel of a automobile can have dire – and deadly – penalties. Final week, The Star reported {that a} lady who allowed her 17-year-old son to drive her automotive, which was later concerned in an accident that claimed three lives, was fined RM1,500 by the Justice of the Peace’s courtroom in Seremban.
Within the visitors incident, the accused’s son had run a crimson mild after which crashed into two bikes, which resulted in three youngsters, aged 15, 16 and 17, being killed within the mishap. The boy initially claimed trial when first charged with reckless driving on April 22 final yr, however modified his plea to responsible in December, and is due for sentencing in Might, pending a social report from the welfare division.
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