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  • Kawasaki Motors Malaysia (KMSB) telah menganjurkan Kempen Keselamatan Jalan Raya Kawasaki tahunan mereka.
  • Diadakan di tol plaza Sungai Besi, kempen ini memasuki tahun ke-empatnya dan berfokus kepada mempertingkatkan keselamatan jalan raya secara keseluruhan bagi para penunggang motosikal.
  • Pemeriksaan keselamatan motosikal 16 bahagian percuma telah dijalankan buat semua motosikal tanpa mengira model mahu pun jenama.

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  • Kawasaki Motors Malaysia (KMSB) organised their annual Kawasaki Road Safety Campaign.

  • Held at the Sungai Besi toll plaza, the campaign entered its fourth year focused on improving overall road safety for bikers.

  • Complimentary 16-point bike checks were conducted for all bikes of different brands and models.

In conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year 2019 celebrations, Kawasaki Motors Malaysia (KMSB) organised their annual Kawasaki Road Safety Campaign 2019 or “Kempen Keselamatan Jalan Raya Kawasaki 2019”. Held at the Sungai Besi toll plaza (Southbound), the campaign entered its fourth year which was jointly-organised with the Malaysia Motorcycle and Scooter Dealers Association (MMSDA) to promote riding safety. (more…)

  • Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya, sedang mengkaji sama ada untuk menghadkan motosikal kapchai pada 70km/j dan menunggang di sebelah kiri jalan sahaja.
  • Diharapkan yang tindakan ini akan mengurangkan jumlah kematian akibat kemalangan motosikal.
  • Pada pandangan kami, ada banyak lagi langkah yang lebih produktif yang boleh dilaksanakan.

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  • The Department of Road Safety (JKJR) is studying on whether to limit kapchais to 70 km/h and riding on the left side of the road only.

  • The hope that these measures will reduce the number of deaths involving motorcycle accidents.

  • To us there are more productive ways that should be pursued.

The Department of Road Safety (JKJR) is studying to limit kapchaisto 70 km/h and riding on the left side of the road to reduce deaths from motorcycle accidents.

The Backstory

According to Bernama, the impetus to conduct the study is based on a number of factors. However, the overriding concern is about more than 60% of all deaths in traffic accidents involve motorcyclists and/or their pillions. The number translates to 6,742 fatalities in 2018 alone.

Datuk Rosli Isa, Head Directory of JKJR said the proposal calls for limiting kapchais150cc and under to a maximum speed of 70 km/h and riding only in the left lane. He added that his department will also look at the effectiveness of such measures in other countries where they have been implemented such as Hong Kong and Australia.

To Datuk Rosli, kapchaisweaving in and out of traffic exposes the occupants to dangers among heavier vehicles. Additionally, most of the cases involved motorcycles speeding.

Datuk Rosli’s proposal echoes the views of Safety First, a group of 500 Whatsapp users who met with Minister of Transport YB Anthony Loke last Wednesday.

Our Take

First and foremost, what is the percentage of those motorcycle accidents involving other vehicles as the guilty party? It seems to be a trend to apportion blame on motorcyclists every time an accident happens. It is being simplistic and unfair.

Malaysia already has a number of good laws pertaining to road usage (although they need to be updated). According to the Highway Code which every road test candidate studies, motorcycles are meant to stay on the left side of the road, 3 metres from the shoulder, anyway.

Photo credit NSTP

Yet, where is the enforcement? That is the biggest problem with Malaysia and her laws. After all, Malaysian agencies are notorious for going at it 100% when a new statute is passed, then slack off with the passing of time. There was a blitz against using mobile phones while driving at one time. Where is it now? How about the war against those who stop in the yellow box?

The honourable Datuk Rosli mentioned Australia and Hong Kong. But please bear in mind that road laws there are diligently enforced, and the culprits don’t get away with by contributing a RM 50 angpow.

If the two new laws are passed, who and how will they enforce the motorcycles’ speed limit? Who and how will they enforce against motorcycles continuing to zip around in traffic?

Okay, fine, let’s assume that kapchaisstay at 70 km/h and in the left lane.

However, anyone who has travelled on Malaysian roads can attest to heavy vehicles themselves zipping around in traffic or encroaching into any lane which the driver deems as “empty.” Who are to stop them? Will the government place barricades to separate the motorcycle lane from other lanes in the city?

And speaking about heavy vehicles and the speed limit, what speed limit? Busses and trucks regularly blast by at 130 km/h. It’s going to be messy.

We are not advocating that all motorcycles should be ridden as fast they could but there has to be enforcement against all vehicles to allow the plan to work.

Apart from those, it still behoofs us to see that owners of different vehicles couldn’t get along in this country. Each party claims the right of way, but no one has the courtesy to compromise and work together.

This to us, is the biggest problem facing Malaysian road users. It’s getting to be a jungle out there but there’s nothing done to educate road users to be courteous to each other. Instead, we are left to everyone’s devices. What is this, The Purge? What happened to those Public Service Announcements on TV in the 90’s and early 2000’s?

Conclusion

We do appreciate JKJR’s concern about the lives and limbs of motorcyclists, but the plan will only work with strict enforcement.

Wouldn’t it be more productive to reduce deaths by teaching proper riding techniques (by overhauling the JPJ education and licensing system), proper helmet usage, importance of safety gear, road courtesy, defensive riding, among others?

At the same time, drivers of other vehicles should also be taught on proper driving techniques.

Why not enforce current laws?

And we’ve not started about the motorcycle lanes along the Federal Highway that never seem to reopen.  That’s not including the shoddy condition of motorcycle lanes on other highways.

 

  • Kawasaki Motors Malaysia (KMSB) dengan secara rasminya telah melancarkan Kempen Keselamatan Jalan Raya Kawasaki 2018 pada awal hari ini.
  • Ini adalah tahun yang ketiga berturut-turut KMSB telah menganjurkannya di Plaza Tol Sungai Besi bagi meningkatkan kesedaran tentang keselamatan jalan raya.
  • Ke semua penunggang motosikal akan boleh melakukan pemeriksaan keselamatan motosikal mereka secara percuma tanpa mengira jenis mahu pun jenama.

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Kawasaki Motors Malaysia (KMSB) has officially launched the Kawasaki Road Safety Campaign 2018 earlier today.

This is the third year running KMSB has organised it at the Sungai Besi Toll Plaza to increase awareness on road safety.

All motorcyclists can get their bikes checked absolutely free no matter type or brand.

Kawasaki Motors Malaysia (KMSB) has officially launched the 2018 Kawasaki Road Safety Campaign earlier today. The road safety campaign is held as part of the KMSB’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program to raised road safety awareness ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. (more…)

The Malaysia 2Wheels Festival returns for its third instalment this weekend.

Organised and launched by WSF Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd back in September, this year’s running set out with several missions at hand whilst tying itself up with the monthly KL Car-Free Morning initiative.

The event this year is supported by several key partners including government bodies such as Tourism Malaysia, the Ministry of Youth & Sports (KBS), the Department of Road Safety (JKJR), the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), as well as the Road Transport Department (JPJ) and its youth squad called the ‘Skuad Muda JPJ Malaysia’.

The event is split into two areas of its venue, which is the CIDB Convention Centre, with one part held outdoors and the other being indoors.

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A tour of the indoor section reveals the presence of several manufacturers and their key dealer representatives. Amongst them include big names such as Moto Guzzi Malaysia,BMW Motorrad Malaysia, Triumph Motorcycles Malaysia via autohrised distributors Fast Bikes Sdn Bhd, the newly consolidated KTM Malaysia represented by dealer Kamalia Motoworld Sdn Bhd, as well as Kawasaki Motors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (KMMSB) represented by its super dealer Wilhin Motor (M) Sdn Bhd.

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Also present here were several OEM brands and representatives. Leading this pack were the UK’s K-Tech suspension brand and its local distributor Kratos Motorsports. The specialist distributor is holding a special sale that sees all K-Tech products it carries enjoying a 10% discount throughout the festival’s duration, so for those in search for the optimum suspension setup for your bikes, this could be a good time indeed.

(Read more about K-Tech in our feature here)

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Moving along outside, there were several smaller vendors present here alongside a vast line up of F&B stalls too. However, all eyes were on the event’s main draw for Saturday, that being its Malaysia Book of Records attempt at organising the largest gathering of Yamaha RX-Z motorcycles.

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The move was meant to celebrate the model’s 30th anniversary in Malaysia, and the turn out was indeed impressive. Besides owners from the greater Klang Valley areas, much of the gathering saw the arrival many Yamaha RX-Z owners from out of state too.

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Despite the rainy season getting the best of most, the gathering was indeed a success as it charted a record entry with a total of 2,277 Yamaha RX-Zs in the gathering, securing its spot in the record books in the process too.

For those wanting to attend, the 2015 Malaysia 2Wheels Festival is happening until Sunday (tomorrow). Directions to the CIDB Convention Centre can be obtained in the map we’ve attached below.

2015 Malaysia 2Wheels Festival (Saturday)

2015 Malaysia 2 Wheels Festival officially launched ahead of annual festival’s third instalment slated for December this year.

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Hong Leong Yamaha Motor Sdn Bhd (HLYM) launches Yamaha Balik Kampung Road Safety Campaign 2015 in Bentong, Pahang.

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Hong Leong Yamaha Motor Sdn Bhd (HLYM) kick-starts Yamaha Balik Kampung Road Safety Campaign 2015.

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