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
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