The highway transport division (JPJ) says it is going to be introducing new customary working procedures (SOPs) and pointers for industrial and public service autos subsequent month. In line with JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli, this was being completed to handle the current surge within the quantity of accidents involving heavy autos, particularly lorries.
He mentioned the SOPs will embody stricter motion protocols that will probably be taken in opposition to industrial car drivers who drive above the set velocity restrict to the purpose of endangering different highway customers, as Bernama studies.
“Presently, JPJ is scrutinising and detailing the SOP in collaboration with different stakeholders. We’re specializing in autos over 7.5 tonnes. Among the many issues being detailed are stricter actions to be taken in opposition to industrial autos that exceed the velocity restrict, and likewise the banning of such autos from driving within the far-right lane as beforehand introduced by transport minister Anthony Loke,” he mentioned.
Final month, it was reported that heavy autos would quickly not be allowed to make use of the rightmost lane on highways, a ruling that was gazetted in 2015 however had but to be enforced. The transfer is one in every of 5 enhancements that the transport ministry mentioned it was aiming to introduce and implement.
The opposite regulatory enhancements embody obligatory velocity management machine set up, GPS monitoring, high-speed weigh-in-motion (HS-WIM) detectors at 11 freeway areas, and extra automated enforcement system (AES) cameras.
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