KUALA LUMPUR (The Star) - Only a quarter of the over 5.7 million summonses issued by traffic cops last year have been settled.
That being said, there are an average 30 million summonses that have not been settled over the past 10 years.
Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (TIED) director Deputy Comm Datuk Azisman Alias said police issued a total of 5,723,176 summonses nationwide last year.
“Of that, only 25% of those summonses were settled.
He said he was aware of Transport Minister Anthony Loke’s suggestion to stop giving discounts to those who commit offences.
“Personally, I feel it will be a good deterrent to motorists.
“But that being said, from a TIED standpoint, if we do not offer discounts, fewer people will come forward to settle their summonses,” he said, adding that it would also affect government revenue.
He said police would not show mercy to motorists who commit the top six offences including speeding, beating the traffic light and using mobile phones while driving.
“They would have to pay the full amount if they commit these offences.
“I plan on sitting down with the Road Transport Department (JPJ) and the Transport Minister and his officials to discuss this matter at length and come up with a better solution.
“I understand where he is coming from with his current stand on errant motorists,” he said.
DCP Azisman said previously his department had come up with Ops Warta, to serve traffic offenders with notices to appear in court if they fail to settle their summonses.
“There were many objections to this operation,” he said, adding that in general, the majority of summonses issued were for speeding and parking violations.
Meanwhile, he said the number of fatal accidents decreased from 6,265 in 2017 to 5,870 last year.
“The number of serious accidents also decreased from 2,468 in 2017 to 2,242 last year.
“The number of accidents in total however saw an increase from 533,875 cases in 2017 to 548,598 cases last year.
“We attribute this rise to the ever increasing number of vehicles on the road yearly,” he said, adding that according to JPJ there were at least 27.4 million vehicles on the road.
DCP Azisman also said that motorcyclists were still the biggest contributors to accident fatalities.
Of the 6,284 fatalities last year, 65.7% of them were motorcyclists with 4,128 deaths, he said.
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