Kelantan has recorded a rise in heavy car overloading instances from January to August this yr, reported Bernama.
Throughout this era, 13 overloading instances have been recorded beneath the Land Public Transport Act 2010, whereas 1,080 instances have been recorded beneath the Highway Transport Act through the interval, mentioned Kelantan state highway transport division (JPJ) director Mohd Misuari Abdullah.
The variety of instances had risen sharply in comparison with the 890 instances in the identical interval final yr, whereas these beneath the Land Public Transport Act have been barely decrease than the 16 instances recorded beforehand, he mentioned.
“Overloading offences concerned automobiles transporting building supplies similar to sand, logs and oil, in addition to uncooked supplies together with iron ore,” Mohd Misuari mentioned. The offence is seen significantly because it causes not solely harm to highway infrastructure, but additionally will increase the chance of accidents and endangers the the security of different highway customers.
“We urge all industrial car house owners to stick to the load limits for the security of highway customers and the sustainability of the nation’s infrastructure. The general public can also be inspired to lodge complaints on overloading offences by way of official channels to help enforcement efforts,” the Kelantan state JPJ director mentioned.
In the meantime, Ops Gempur Kenderaan Perdagangan that was held from September 1 to 17 noticed the inspection of 5,358 automobiles and a pair of,415 offences have been recorded, together with expired driving licences, expired highway tax, overloading, carrying harmful hundreds, and lack of insurance coverage protection.
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