14.6 million outstanding traffic summons worth RM1.46 billion were unpaid from 2010 to 2015, disclosed Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today.
Out of the 28.43 million summons issued in the past six years, only 13.83 million summons totalling RM1.58 billion were paid by road users.
He said this based on the statistics of the Compound Online Payment System as recorded by the police.
The government is mulling increasing the maximum amount of traffic compounds as the current amounts are unable to inflict fear in the road users, said Zahid in his capacity as home minister.
The government has never reviewed the maximum compounds of traffic summons since the Road Transport Act 1987 came to force 29 years ago, he said.
"However, the matter is still under review. (We are) getting feedback from various stakeholders before implementation," he said.
The proposal was brought by the inspector-general of police as an effort to make road users more careful. It is also to educate the community that the offences can lead to accidents, he added.
These offences include speeding, crossing double-lines, cutting in front of queueing traffic and beating traffic lights, he explained. -Mkini
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