KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will suspend the licences of commercial vehicle drivers involved in crashes until investigations are completed, its director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli said.
Should the holder of a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) licence or Goods Driving Licence (GDL) be found guilty after the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) investigation, their licences will be terminated.
“To ensure commercial vehicle drivers are competent, JPJ will ensure that suspended individuals must undergo and pass a refresher course before their licences are reactivated or removed from the suspension list.
“The refresher course will be organised by the JPJ at locations to be determined later and drivers will be charged fees to cover the cost of the course,” he told reporters after a licence presentation here yesterday.
He shared that five commercial vehicle drivers have been suspended, including those involved in the fatal PDRM Federal Reserve Unit lorry crash in Teluk Intan and the bus that hit a height restriction barrier in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan on Saturday.
In other developments, Aedy Fadli said the JPJ has issued 510 compound notices to express buses, tour buses and goods vehicles since the enforcement of wearing safety belts came into effect in stages from July 1 and that 80 of the notices were issued to drivers and 396 to passengers and attendants.
He also reminded express bus drivers that they will be issued compounds should their passengers be found not to be wearing safety belts and it was their responsibility to remind passengers before their vehicles moved out.
— Bernama
