The Kuala Lumpur road transport department (JPJ) has issued 2,398 summonses to 939 vehicles as part of its operations against overloaded commercial vehicles since Oct 14.
It said 14 vehicles were also confiscated for various offences, including carrying excessive loads, flouting the conditions of service level requirements, expired vehicle licences, not having insurance protection, not having valid driving licences or vocational licences, as well as technical offences.
“Of the vehicles confiscated, six of the drivers were from Indonesia and India, while eight were Malaysians,” Bernama reported JPJ as saying.
Summonses have been issued to the drivers and owners of the vehicles.
The operation will continue until Dec 31 and aims to ensure road safety and cultivate compliance with traffic rules.
JPJ is focusing on areas identified as being hotspots for commercial vehicles carrying excessive loads.
Among the types of high-risk cargo are stones, sand, soil, silica, coal, iron, oil palm and logs.
Most of these vehicles are involved in the quarry, port and heavy industry sectors.
Kuala Lumpur JPJ has so far inspected 5,967 vehicles during its operation.
