A SHORT clip from a car dashcam showing a Proton X70 MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) bearing an army-designated registration plate beating the red traffic light at a three-way junction has irked motorists who wanted action against the perpetrator.
In fact, the army-owned vehicle with the number plate “ZD273” had narrowly avoided a collision with a white Toyota Yaris which was making a U-turn on the opposite side of the road stretch in the incident which was captured on the dashcam of the vehicle tailing the army MPV at 2.11pm on Friday (Aug 16).
Many irritated commenters in the post by UpdateInfo
(@update11111) on the X platform questioned failure of the army MPV driver to obey existing traffic laws by tagging the Transport Ministry (MOT), the Road Transport Department (RTD), Defence Ministry (MINDEF) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), to name a few authorities.
Another commenter shared that “ZD” refers to the “army (ZL = navy and ZU = air force) while the three-digit number is an infixation of “high ranking officer”.
A commenter hinted that all army vehicles move at the order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) and “if their fog light are switched on, they’re ferrying officers ranked second lieutenant and above”.
“Military officers are like kings in a way because they are commissioned by the Agong unlike Grade 41 police and civil officers,” he reckoned, attesting to their “different level” of authority.
Of course, many commenters echoed that whether the driver or its passenger is ranked one-star or even five-star general, that does not give him the right to break the law or endanger the lives of others.
A few commenters shared their unpleasant encounters with the recklessness of “Z-plate vehicle drivers” with one commenter likened them to “accredited Rempit (stunt biking hooligans)”.
At the end of the day, some commenters wondered whether the “rogue characters” can be dependent upon to defend the nation.
- Focus Malaysia
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