Nearly two million road users will be blacklisted by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) following their failure to settle outstanding summonses for various traffic offenses.
Malaysia JPJ Senior Director of Enforcement, Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan, said the offenses involve summonses from the Automated Awareness Safety System (AWAS) (Summons 53A), Notice of Inquiry (114), and Notice of Affixed Summons/JPJ(P)23 (115).
He said that besides the risk of being blacklisted, the compound fine imposed will also be increased to RM300, in addition to facing the Demerit Points for Traffic Offenses (KEJARA).
“Therefore, those who have the relevant summonses should take the opportunity to make payments through the special compound offer at a flat rate of RM150 for the three offenses, which was launched in early January and lasts until the end of December this year.
“According to statistical reports from January until yesterday, there were over 1.45 million summonses involving AWAS notices, followed by 296,684 notices for 114, and 164,598 notices for 115.
“Some of the identified summonses are notices issued since over 15 years ago, and JPJ is still giving road users the opportunity to settle their outstanding summonses to avoid being blacklisted,” he said in a press conference after the Ops Khas Gempur Perdagangan near the JPJ Eastern Region Academy here, last night.
The location with the highest number of summonses through AWAS is at the Menora Tunnel, Ipoh, which can reach up to 3,000 summonses a day.
“The number of summonses is the result of two cameras installed, and the offenses recorded are often committed by road users during festive seasons or school holidays when they use that route to head north or south.
“Usually, the offenses involve vehicles exceeding the permitted speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour (km/h).
“Furthermore, the three states with the highest number of summons notices are Selangor, Perak, and Johor, where the records also depend on the number of AWAS cameras installed in each state,” he said.
