Rear seat belts...

The Road Transport Department (JPJ) and police will start issuing summonses from Jan 1 to all passengers for not wearing their rear seat belts.

JPJ director-general Datuk Solah Mat Hassan said vehicle owners and passengers would be given a six-month grace period during which they would only be issued a compound of RM300 for not wearing their rear seat belts.

From July 1, drivers and passengers caught not using their seat belts would have to pay a fine of up to RM2,000, serve up to one year’s jail or both under the Road Transport Act.

~www.malaysianbar.org.my~

I am sure most of us knew this law which is set recently...

So, I would like to say out my opinion about it...

Not to critice...

I admit that this is a very good law designed to ensure our safety...

The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research has found that there had been 350 fatalities, 700 seriously injured and 2,100 lightly injured among rear seat passengers in 2007.

It's weird that passengers always have a wrong perception that : They wear the seat belt just to show the polices so that they will not be punished....

Not many passengers wear seat belt for their own safety...Though it just take not even a minute...

So, this is the only way to "force" passengers to take care of their own safety...

However, it takes time for this law to come into effect...

Problems such as :

*How if a family have more than 5 members?

As we all know that, there are only 5 seat belts can be retrofitted...

*Isn't it the world nowadays concerning about the "green environment"?

And car pool is one of the way to reduce air pollution..So???

Anyway, I can see some of the passengers did obey the law...

Even my college friends...

Haha...So, be a good citizens now!!!

And be the model for people around you too...

Don't worry, Be steady...

Because :

#vehicles without rear seat belts registered after Jan 1, 1995 had three years to get their

vehicle retrofitted with the safety feature.

#it was not mandatory for cars registered before Jan 1, 1995 to be retrofitted with rear seat

belts as they do not have the rear anchorage points.

#car makers Proton, Perodua and Honda had signed a memorandum of understanding to retrofit

rear seat belts in 227,000, 435,000 and 35,000 of their respective vehicles for free.

I know this is not the latest news...

But I hope this message will be useful for all...^^