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2nd September, 2010
KOTA KINABALU: “Blacklisted drivers” who have been given another chance by the Road Transport Department must not get into the bad book of the cops.
Sabah Traffic and Public Order Chief Supt Zahari Ahmad said although these drivers are no longer blacklisted by the Road Transport Department, it does not mean that the police could not issue summonses on them between now and Feb 28 next year. (The RTD have given these drivers until Feb 28, 2011 to clear all their outstanding summonses in order for them to renew their road tax.)
Zahari said that traffic cops would go by the book and if anyone found flouting the rules including speeding, they would be compounded.
“We are not taking any chances with bad-behaviour drivers, especially with the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations,” he said after attending the launching of Ops Sikap 22 by State Police Commissioner Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim yesterday in conjunction with the coming holidays. Among those present at the launching were Mayor Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim and senior police officers.
Those who are caught speeding would not go unpunished, he assured, adding that they would closely monitor accident-prone roads like the Telupid-Sandakan stretch. According to him, analysis showed that stretches with straight and hilly roads are potential accident areas, often involving fatalities.
“We recorded at least two or three fatal accidents along stretches of this type of roads every month,” he said. He said these stretches are considered among the “48 killer stretches” in Sabah.
“Some 252 police personnel will be assigned to all accident prone-areas, excluding those assigned on road patrol and general duties,” he added.
To a question, Zahari said they recorded 11 fatal mishaps with 12 fatalities during Ops Sikap last year in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri compared to 19 fatal accidents with 25 fatalities in 2008.
Police have also assigned eight MPVs to patrol inter-district stretches like Kota Kinabalu-Tuaran, Tuaran-Ranau, Tuaran-Kota Marudu-Ranau, Lahad Datu-Tawau and Kunak-Semporna among others.
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