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Tindakan Menteri Pengangkutan, YB Anthony Loke alami sendiri situasi menaiki LRT pada waktu puncak mendapat pujian orang ramai apatah lagi ‘tinjauan’ tersebut dilakukan tanpa pengetahuan pihak Prasarana.

Bagaimanapun, menjengah ke ruangan komen rata-rata turut meminta Loke untuk turut melakukan tinjauan di beberapa kawasan lain termasuk laluan motosikal di sepanjang Lebuhraya Persekutuan. 

Seorang pengguna Facebook dengan akaun Charles Leong, mengharapkan YB Anthony Loke membuat sesuatu terhadap jalan motosikal di sepanjang lebuhraya tersebut yang berada dalam keadaan tidak selamat. 

“Hi YB, mungkin ini bukan isu yang sepatutnya diselesaikan oleh Menteri Pengangkutan tapi saya ingin melaporkan bahawa lorong motosikal di sepanjang Lebuhraya Persekutuan dalam keadaan yang buruk dan tidak selamat. 

“Lampu dalam terowong tidak berfungsi, jalan tak diterangi oleh lampu, dan jalan berlubang dan tidak rata. 

“Lorong motosikal sepatutnya lebih selamat untuk penunggang tapi nampaknya ia lebih berbahaya. Harap pihak YB boleh membangkitkan isu ini dengan Menteri Kerja Raya,” jelasnya di ruangan komen. 

Bagaimanapun, isu jalan motosikal tersebut adalah dibawah kendalian Kementerian Kerja Raya di samping pemantauan oleh pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT).

Namun, kerisauan yang dibangkitkan itu adalah sesuatu perkara yang wajib diberi perhatian oleh kabinet baharu yang diumumkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

  • Transport Minister YB Anthony Lake said it will be impractical to ban kapchais.

  • He stressed that it makes up the majority of motorcycles in Malaysia.

  • The call to ban the type of motorcycle outright was met with outrage.

The Transport Minister, YB Anthony Lake responded to demands that kapchais should be be banned, saying that it would impractical to ban them.

“There are non-governmental groups related to road safety that wants a ban on kapchai motorcycles,” he said.

“But we have to look at it practically as a vast majority of the estimated 16 million registered motorcycles are kapchai motorcycles.”

“Many would be affected if we ban the motorcycles today and my view is that it would be difficult to impose such a ban,” he said when answering a supplementary question raised by Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (GPS-Petrajaya) in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (Oct 29).

The suggestion to ban kapchais was made by an individual with MIROS (Malaysian Institute of Road Safety). It drew instant flak throughout Malaysia.

Click here to read “Safety activist” Recommends to Ban Kapchais

MIROS scrambled to release a press statement, distancing themselves from the what the individual suggested, saying that it was a personal statement instead of stance adopted by the agency.

YB Loke also stressed that there’s no plan to ban kapchais despite encouraging the switch to electric scooters. There are also no plans to ban them on highways, but dedicated motorcycle lanes will be built as part of the 12th Malaysia Plan.

  • The Minister of Transportation, YB Anthony Loke confirmed that Go-Jek wants to enter Malaysia.

  • This was despite his earlier stance against motorcycle e-hailing service last year.

  • The decision for the earlier ban was “safety reasons.”

The Minister of Transportation, YB Anthony Loke confirmed that Go-Jek motorcycle e-hailing service wants to enter Malaysia.

“We will never legalise Dego Ride in Malaysia because we disagree with any type of ride-sharing services that involve motorcycles,” said the minister in a press conference in September 2018. He cited “safety reasons” for the decision.

The decision to ban Dego Ride was a follow up of the ministry’s first directive on 31st July 2018.

Is this another “u-turn?”

YB Loke told The Edge that he received a visit by Go-Jek a month ago. The Indonesian company is looking forward to entering the Malaysian market. According to the Malay Mail, the minister was quoted as saying that while he reminded Go-Jek that Malaysia has regulations regarding e-hailing service, “he did not foresee any problems of them coming here to start operations, as well as injecting more competition into the e-hailing market.”

Go-Jek had started out in 2010 in Indonesia before flourishing and expanding to neighbouring countries last year. They are currently operating in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore in addition to their home country.

Go-Jek’s biggest competitor, Grab, originated in Malaysia, on the other hand. Grab is also operating their GrabBike motorcycle e-hailing service in many Southeast Asian countries.

Source: The Malay Mail

Menteri Pengangkutan, YB Anthony Loke telah mengumumkan pindaan terhadap peraturan lapisan filem atau cermin gelap bagi setiap kenderaan dalam satu sidang media yang berlangsung di Kementerian Pengangkutan Malaysia, hari ini.

Peraturan sedia ada telah menetapkan bahawa ketelusan cahaya tampak bagi cermin hadapan adalah 70 peratus, cermin sisi (kiri dan kanan) bahagian pemandu 50 peratus dan cermin sisi kiri dan kanan bahagian penumpang termasuk belakang adalah 30 peratus.

Pindaan baharu ini membenarkan ketelusan cahaya bagi cermin sisi (kiri dan kanan) penumpang serta cermin belakang boleh dikurangkan daripada 70 peratus – atau dalam bahasa mudah, segelap mana yang dikehendaki.

Namun, ketelusan cahaya bagi cermin hadapan dan cermin sisi kiri dan kanan pemandu masih mengikut peraturan sedia ada – 70 peratus (bagi cermain hadapan) dan 50 peratus bagi cermin sisi kiri dan kanan bahagian pemandu.

Bagaimanapun, pindaan ini hanyalah melibatkan kenderaan milik persendirian sahaja sementara kenderaan berdaftar yang digunakan sebagai pengangkutan awam tidak boleh kurang daripada 70 peratus.

Sementara itu, pemilik kenderaan yang berminat membuat permohonan cermin yang lebih gelap daripada peraturan ditetapkan – atas faktor keselamatan atau kesihatan – akan dikenakan yuran RM50.

Yuran RM5,000 pula akan dikenakan bagi setiap permohonan yang lulus bagi tempoh dua tahun dengan yuran sama dikenakan sekiranya berminat untuk membuat permohonan semula.

Menteri Pengangkutan Anthony Loke – Sumber: Mole.my

  • Menteri Pengangkutan, YB Anthony Loke berkeras tidak akan memberikan diskaun bagi saman JPJ.
  • Langkah ini adalah bagi memberi pengajaran kepada para pengguna jalan raya dan memastikan para pesalah tidak terlepas dengan hukuman yang ringan.
  • Dia juga telah berbincang dengan pihak berkuasa tempatan dan menggesa mereka untuk tidak memberikan diskaun untuk kesalahan trafik.

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  • Minister of Transport, YB Anthony Loke insists on no discounts for JPJ summonses.

  • Such measure seeks to educate road users and not let offenders off lightly.

  • He may also talk to local authorities to not provide discounts for traffic offences.

It is very evident that the Minister of Transportation, YB Anthony Loke is determined in revamping the transportation system and lowering accident rates in Malaysia.

Consequently, he is aware that certain quarters of the Rakyat will feel angry at his measures. “You can be angry at the Minister of Transport if you want to,” he said during the launch of Ops Bersepadu (Integrated Ops) and Road Safety Campaign 2019 in conjunction with the Chinese New Year, at the southbound Dengkil R&R.

The Minister made the remark after insisting that no discounts will be considered for the summonses for traffic offences issued by the Road Transport Department (JPJ – Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan).

He justifies the decision as a move to reduce traffic accidents hence deaths among road users. To him, the attitude of waiting for discounts gives the impression that the summonses are unimportant, instead of educating road users to road safety.

“We don’t want road users to take the summonses lightly,” YB Anthony said.

He further added that he knows the measure will incur the ire among road users in the country.

“You can be angry at the Minister of Transport, if you want. But my task is to lower the accident rates in the country. That is part of my Key Performance Index (KPI),” he said.

He also said that he will intends meet with local authorities to not provide discounts for traffic summonses.

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