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Facebook image.Cops, JPJ must hit lorry and bus drivers hard with road safety enforcement and inspections
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15, 2024: Twenty-one-year-old Lee Zi Rou, who was crushed to death by a lorry-trailer-container in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, must trigger the concern of Malaysians who opine that the majority of lorry and bus drivers are reckless on the road.
IIt has been long overdue for the police and Road Transport Department (JPJ) to show no mercy in their enforcement and to clamp down hard on them.
These drivers, on the road in huge vehicles, practice bully driving, manoeuvring and speeding without a damn for other road users.
Just because their vehicles are huge, they think they are safe on the road and drive like they own the roads.
‘Mommy, it hurts so much’: 21-year-old M’sian crushed by container called mother before dying
Although the driver who caused the death of Lee was charged with reckless driving in a Bukit Mertajam magistrate’s court yesterday that is certainly not enough.
The police and JPJ must be proactive in road safety enforcement, not wait for accidents to occur, then act.
There are many other irresponsible drivers who wiill still continue to drive recklessly, endangering the lives of road users daily, as witnessed by many.
The police and JPJ must have weekly or biweekly enforcement operations, if not daily, to inspect lorries and buses for road worthiness and the status of drivers - be it health or licencing.
The enforcement action must be as strict as possible, leaving no stones unturned, to ensure the drivers fear the law and adhere to road safety.
What say you Mr Inspector-General of Police and Mr Transport Minister?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below the Malay Mail report that is touching the sad hearts of the rakyat (people):
This was also posted on Facebook:
In her final moments, Lee Zi Rou, who was killed after her car was crushed by a cargo container at a traffic light junction in Bukit Mertajam, Penang yesterday, managed to call her mother.
“Mummy! It hurts so much!” the 21-year-old woman gasped into her phone before falling silent.
In an emotional interview with China Press today, her mother, who only wished to be known as Lim, recalled with great sorrow, “I sensed she had died.”
The container reportedly toppled onto Lee’s car after the lorry lost control while negotiating a sharp left turn.
Another vehicle was also struck by the container.
‘Mummy, it hurts so much!’: Inconsolable mother describes daughter’s final call as she lay dying in car crushed by container in Bukit Mertajam
Lee Zi Rou was killed after her car was crushed by a cargo container at a traffic light junction in Bukit Mertajam, Penang yesterday. — JPBM Pulau Pinang pic
By Malay Mail
Thursday, 14 Nov 2024 5:02 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — In her final moments, Lee Zi Rou, who was killed after her car was crushed by a cargo container at a traffic light junction in Bukit Mertajam, Penang yesterday, managed to call her mother.
“Mummy! It hurts so much!” the 21-year-old woman gasped into her phone before falling silent.
In an emotional interview with China Press today, her mother, who only wished to be known as Lim, recalled with great sorrow, “I sensed she had died.”
The container reportedly toppled onto Lee’s car after the lorry lost control while negotiating a sharp left turn.
Another vehicle was also struck by the container.
Its driver, 25-year-old Tan Chou Theng, sustained serious injuries but was rescued by bystanders and taken to the hospital.
Lee’s mother shared that she had always warned her daughters to only call in the event of an emergency.
When Lee called, Lim immediately feared something was wrong.
“I told them that if they call, it means there is an emergency,” Lim was quoted as saying.
Lim quickly instructed her other daughter to drive her along Lee’s usual route to work.
Upon arriving at the scene, she was told by a man that her daughter had been crushed.
Despite frantic efforts to get help, the container was too heavy to move.
Lee’s mother recalled the tragic timing: “She called at 9:24am, and my daughter had died by 9:30am.”
At the Bukit Mertajam Magistrate’s Court today, a remand order was issued for the 51-year-old lorry driver, who is under investigation for causing death by reckless driving under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
If convicted, the driver faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to RM50,000, and a driving licence disqualification of between 10 and 20 years.
NATO (No Action Talk Only) or lack of real tough action against lorry and bus drivers by police and JPJ
Tourism, transport ministries to work together to improve tour bus safety
-15 Nov 2024, 03:34 PM
Minister Tiong King Sing calls for stricter safety measures following recent accidents involving Japanese tourists.
A 73-year-old Japanese woman died after the tour bus she was travelling in collided with a lorry at Km230 of the North-South Expressway near Taiping on Oct 25. (Fire and rescue department pic)
PETALING JAYA: The tourism, arts and culture ministry will engage with the transport ministry to discuss and implement necessary measures to enhance tour bus safety, says its minister Tiong King Sing.
Tiong said that while the regulation of tour buses falls outside his ministry’s jurisdiction, the recurring traffic accidents involving these buses have adversely impacted the tourism sector.
Citing a recent incident, he noted that two Japanese tourism-related agencies, Nankai Electric Railway and JTB Corporation, temporarily suspended tour packages to Malaysia after their clients were involved in a tragic bus accident in Taiping, Perak, last month.
“It is crucial to resolve these safety issues, especially as Nankai Electric Railway plans to promote Malaysian tourism on its trains during the upcoming #2025OsakaExpo, and along routes to Tokyo’s Narita and Haneda International Airports, for the Visit Malaysia Year 2026 campaign,” he said.
“Ensuring the success of these initiatives, without being overshadowed by concerns over bus safety, is essential.
“To safeguard the recovering tourism industry, the ministry remains committed to finding solutions,” he wrote on Facebook today.
Tiong also disclosed that during a recent visit to Japan for the Tourism Resilience Summit in Sendai, he met with Naoto Ashibe, the representative director of Nankai Electric Railway Co, to personally apologise for the incident.
In the meeting, Tiong requested Ashibe to extend condolences to the affected tourists and assured him that Tourism Malaysia would assist with claims after the police investigation concludes.
Both Tiong and Ashibe discussed strategies to enhance bus travel safety, proposing measures such as requiring two drivers for trips exceeding eight hours, conducting alcohol and drug testing for drivers before shifts, and implementing video monitoring for long-distance routes.
They also suggested limiting driving hours, enforcing seatbelt use among passengers, and reducing the height of tour buses to improve safety standards.
On Oct 26, it was reported that a 73-year-old Japanese woman had succumbed to her injuries, after the tour bus she was in collided with a lorry at Km230 of the North-South Expressway (southbound), near Taiping, a day earlier.
The accident left 13 others injured, including 11 Japanese tourists, aged between 58 and 80. They were travelling from Penang to Cameron Highlands.
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