The highway transport division (JPJ) has issued greater than 3,000 notices to motorists and motorcyclists who don’t have a legitimate driving license final month, The Star reported.

The division issued 3,325 notices for the offence, out of a complete of 15,027 notices issued throughout Ops Patuh that was carried out all through the state of Johor from November 1 to 30, in accordance with Johor JPJ director Azmil Zainal.

“About 70% of them have been motorcyclists. We additionally issued 588 notices to these driving with no vocational licence below the Public Service Automobile (PSV) and Items Driving Licence (GDL) classes,” Azmil advised the information each day.

These discovered driving with no license may very well be compounded below Part 26 (1) of the Highway Transport Act, whereas underaged drivers and their guardians may very well be charged in courtroom below Part 39 of the Highway Transport Act, the director of JPJ Johor stated.

“There are already legal guidelines put in place to discourage such offences and we urge the general public to stick to them for the security of all events. They need to additionally keep in mind that in case of untoward incidents, together with accidents involving deaths or accidents, no claims might be made if the particular person concerned doesn’t have a legitimate driving licence,” Azmil stated.

Mother and father and guardians performed an important function in curbing the difficulty of underaged driving, stated Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat. “Driving with no licence is already a severe offence and it’s much more harmful for individuals who are underaged as they might not be conscious of the hazards,” Kamarul stated.

“It isn’t solely harmful to the particular person working a automobile with no licence but in addition to different highway customers. Mother and father ought to by no means enable their kids to make use of a motorbike or automotive with no licence, it doesn’t matter what the circumstance. They need to additionally monitor their underaged kids as there are a lot of instances the place kids have been caught utilizing their dad and mom’ automobiles with out permission,” he added.

The excuse generally given by these caught driving with no license was that they didn’t have the time to take courses and sit for the exams, Kamarul stated.

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