Commercial vehicles will be banned for four days during Hari Raya Aidilfitri to ease traffic and reduce accidents.
At a press conference on Monday (March 10), Transport Minister Anthony Loke also announced that the Road Transport Department (JPJ) will conduct the 2025 Hari Raya Aidilfitri Special Ops nationwide from March 24 to April 8.
He added that companies involved in vehicle accidents will be audited, while authorities await the allocation for body cameras.
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At a press conference on Monday (March 10), Transport Minister Anthony Loke also announced that the Road Transport Department (JPJ) will conduct the 2025 Hari Raya Aidilfitri Special Ops nationwide from March 24 to April 8.
He added that companies involved in vehicle accidents will be audited, while authorities await the allocation for body cameras.
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00:00The power of the road control station on the railways or roadbans
00:08coincides with Eid al-Fitr 2025.
00:12This station will be in force for 4 days,
00:15that is on the 29th and 30th of March 2025 before Eid
00:21and on the 5th and 6th of April 2025 after Eid,
00:26taking into account the rapid increase in traffic,
00:29especially for motor vehicles returning to the villages.
00:34The main purpose of the roadbans is to avoid traffic jams
00:38and reduce the risk of road accidents
00:41due to the mixture of traffic between goods vehicles and motor vehicles.
00:47The Ministry of Transport and Urban Development wants to remind
00:50all owners and drivers of goods vehicles
00:53to follow the roadbans
00:56and if there is a vehicle that fails to comply with Article 2,
01:01Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act,
01:04the prohibition of goods vehicle driving in 2025
01:07will be taken into action under Section 59 of the Road Traffic Act
01:12which includes a fine of RM300 or a fine in court
01:16does not exceed RM2,000
01:18or a prison sentence does not exceed 6 months
01:20if a crime is committed.
01:22As an effort by the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development
01:25to reduce the risk of road accidents,
01:28especially for the festive season,
01:30the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development will also carry out
01:33power management activities with a comprehensive and focused strategy
01:37following the special operation of Eid al-Fitr
01:40on March 24 to April 8, 2025 throughout the country.
01:46The operation aims to monitor, detect and take action
01:51against road users who violate the rules
01:54and the law of the road that is powerful.
01:57Many people are advised to always comply with the rules of the road
02:01that have been established
02:03and ensure the safety aspect is the priority when driving.
02:06How about lorries, goods vehicles on the highway during Eid?
02:11Most of them are the cause of road accidents now.
02:14So how does the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development
02:16want to prevent them from driving according to the speed limit
02:19and also do not play with cones?
02:22How does the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development
02:24want to address these problems now?
02:26We can see that the aggressive power management
02:29is being carried out by the GPJ.
02:31We have instructed the GPJ
02:35to ensure that power management is carried out throughout the year.
02:40Not only during the festive season, but also throughout the year.
02:44And we have repeatedly reminded all parties
02:48involved in the transport industry,
02:50especially the drivers and their companies,
02:53so that, first of all, we are serious
02:57in dealing with the issue of excess payload.
03:01This is what we have done in various operations.
03:04We can also see here
03:06that vehicles carrying excess payload will be towed
03:10and towed.
03:12This is a strong message.
03:14Secondly, safety audits
03:17are always carried out against transport companies.
03:20And this is what we are trying to encourage.
03:23Because many transport companies
03:26have never had a safety course for their drivers
03:31or did not give serious pressure
03:35on the safety aspect.
03:37We want to encourage this
03:39so that every transport company
03:42first of all, has the safety aspects that it is subject to
03:46and also now there are many special courses
03:50that can be taken by the companies
03:53on how to change their culture of safety
03:56in their organization.
03:57This is what we want to ensure.
03:59The rules are already there.
04:00The laws are already there.
04:02But what we want to emphasize is the aspect of coordination.
04:05That is why we now have a payload audit
04:10that is being carried out.
04:12And now it becomes our SOP.
04:15If there is an accident involving a lorry,
04:17the company will be audited.
04:19If the company's audit is not completed,
04:22they will also be dependent on their operations.
04:25So this is a reminder or a warning
04:30to all parties
04:31to give priority to the safety aspect.
04:35Of course, in this phase, we know,
04:37we are firm.
04:39There are also unhappy parties.
04:41But we have no choice.
04:42This is what we want to try to change this culture.
04:45A culture so that we can cultivate safety together
04:51as an aspect of life
04:52and as an aspect of our daily operations.
04:55Because this safety is not seasonal.
04:58It's not just during the holiday season that we have to be safe.
05:02We have to be safe every day.
05:03Every time we are on the road,
05:05there must be an increased element of safety.
05:09Earlier this year,
05:10MOT has announced that JPD officers will start wearing
05:13body-worn cameras, right?
05:15With 100 units to be passed on this year.
05:19Will this be operational by the upcoming Raya?
05:23Not yet.
05:25Because we are still in the process of ordering.
05:28So not in time for Hari Raya.
05:30But definitely this year we will start the body cam.
05:36Is this the entire process?
05:39This is the process of ordering.
05:40Because we don't want to rush.
05:41If possible, we want to start next week.
05:44But we are still in the process of ordering.
05:46And we hope to be able to do this process
05:50together with PDIM.
05:52Because PDIM already has an order for this body cam.
05:56So we are discussing with KDN
05:58how we can do the process of ordering together.
06:03When will the lorries be involved in accidents?
06:07And what is the effect of the lorries?
06:09It has been around for a long time.
06:13But now we have become part of our SOP.
06:17So any company or lorry,
06:20when they are involved in an accident,
06:23whatever the accident,
06:24whether it is a normal accident or a death accident,
06:28if it is an accident, we will go straight in.
06:30But any accident involving a lorry,
06:34the company will be audited.
06:36This is our SOP now.
06:38JBJ will go to the company to audit its safety.
06:41If there is a lorry,
06:46and the tyre is broken,
06:49we will continue to audit the company.
06:52And there are 7-8 aspects that will be audited.
06:55If they do not pass the audit aspect,
06:59the report will be sent to the Land Transport Agency.
07:06So APAD will depend on their operations
07:09so that they become a reminder
07:13to give priority to the safety aspects.
07:19I have already answered in the parliament last week.
07:21I think last year, hundreds of companies
07:25have also depended on their operations.
07:27Hundreds.
07:28Which side will do the audit?
07:30JBJ will do the audit.
07:33And the report will be sent to APAD.
07:36APAD will depend on their operations.
07:40JBJ has to do the audit first.
07:42If the audit does not pass,
07:45the report will be sent to APAD.
07:58For more information, visit www.fema.gov