KUALA LUMPUR: Over 43.5 million traffic summonses worth RM6.5 billion have not been settled from 1990 till November 6 nationwide.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) director Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri stated that this represents 33 percent of the total 135.9 million summonses issued by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) during that period, amounting to over RM20.38 billion. He noted that 92.3 million summonses worth RM8.56 billion have been settled.

Additionally, he reported that 4.3 million summonses, totaling RM646.2 million, were recorded from January until yesterday. Most of the summonses recorded this year involved obstructing traffic and disregarding traffic signs, he told reporters after visiting the Kuala Lumpur JSPT office at the Tun HS Lee Traffic Police Station.

Earlier, Mohd Yusri, accompanied by Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa and Kuala Lumpur JSPT head ACP Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa, observed the implementation
of a programme offering up to 50 percent discount for the payment of traffic summonses at the station. During the first two days of the programme, 17,002 summonses were settled, resulting in a total collection of RM1.88 million, primarily through cashless payment.

For the discount period from November 5 until Saturday, November 9, the JSPT has opened 19 counters for checking and payment of summonses, including 14 e-payment machines for public convenience. Facilities also include MyBayaran Summons counters and three counters designated for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), senior citizens, and pregnant women.

The discount offer excludes summonses issued for accidents, court cases, non-compoundable offences, overtaking dangerously, improper use of emergency lanes, running red lights, and offences related to heavy vehicles, exhaust modification, Op Selamat summonses, and overtaking along double lines. Mohd Yusri urged the public to pay their summonses promptly to avoid heavier penalties.