PADANG BESAR: The Perlis Street Transport Division (RTD) won’t hesitate to take motion in opposition to overseas automobile homeowners who fail to adjust to native site visitors laws, mentioned its director Fatimah Mohamed Ali Piah.
She mentioned the division has been monitoring the state of affairs because the Malaysia-Thailand border was opened, to make sure that automobiles coming into the nation by means of Wang Kelian and Padang Besar border gates complied with the Street Transport Act 1987.
The Wang Kelian-Thailand border gate was opened on April 1 whereas the Padang Besar-Thailand border gate reopened on Could 5.
“The RTD will take motion, together with challenge a summons in opposition to any automobile homeowners who don’t comply with our site visitors guidelines, no matter whether or not it’s a Malaysian or Thai automobile,“ she mentioned when contacted by Bernama in the present day.
She reminded Thais bringing their automobiles into the nation to use for the Worldwide Circulation Allow (ICP) and buy insurance coverage protection upfront.
Fatimah additionally suggested Malaysians who want to enter the neighbouring nation to abide by the principles set by the authorities there.
In the meantime, a taxi driver identified solely as Bakar, 57, mentioned the variety of automobiles coming into and exiting the Padang Besar border gate has been growing since its reopening.
“Alhamdulillah, many have began utilizing the taxi service and I laud the motion taken by the RTD and police in continually monitoring the border gate particularly within the afternoon throughout weekends,” he mentioned.
He mentioned many of the automobile homeowners from Thailand had been seen to adjust to the site visitors guidelines and legal guidelines in all probability because of the native authorities’ frequent patrols. – Bernama
