Settle RTD summonses by Dec 30 or get blacklisted, Loke warns

 

A total of 5.5 million Road Transport Department (RTD) summonses for various traffic offences have yet to be settled, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

He urged those with outstanding summonses to take advantage of the 50 percent discount offered by RTD from Nov 1 to Dec 30 to avoid court action or blacklisting of their motor vehicle licence (MVL).

He said 3.68 million of the summonses involved offences under RTD P(22), while 1.38 million were related to the Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas).

“Starting Jan 1, cases requiring court action will proceed accordingly. Otherwise, the MVL will be blacklisted, preventing road tax renewal.

“If the offence involves the driver, the driving licence will also be blacklisted, although RTD summonses usually relate to vehicle offences,” he told a press conference after the ministry’s monthly assembly and Deepavali celebration in Putrajaya today.

Commenting on the difference in discount rates between RTD and the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP), which offers a 70 percent discount, Loke said RTD maintained the 50 percent rate as it had already been applied to three categories of offences since early this year.

“Previously, we offered a 50 percent discount for Awas summonses, Investigation Notices (114), and Stamped Summons /RTD(P)23 (115) Notices, so it would not be fair to those who have already paid,” he said.

Within the first four days of the current discount period (Nov 1-4), RTD collected RM7.36 million from 56,156 summons payments.

Earlier, Loke and Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced that RTD and RMP traffic summons rates and payment methods would be standardised to ensure uniform enforcement of traffic laws.

Under the new system, offenders who pay within one to 15 days of the notice date will receive a 50 percent reduction, 33 percent for payments within 16 to 30 days, and the maximum rate for payments between 31 and 60 days. After 61 days, court action and blacklisting will be imposed.

- Bernama