Saturday, November 1, 2008

60-day countdown to rear seat belt use starts today

The 60-day countdown to the compulsory use of rear seat belts has begun.

Starting today, authorities will conduct daily operations to ensure rear seat passengers buckle up before it becomes compulsory on Jan 1.

Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh said motorists must ensure passengers wear their seat belts if they did not want to have an interrupted journey.

** personal comment: the act is good, but what about those old cars without rear seat belts. does that mean these cars are not allow to carry rear passengers!! shouldn't the government organize a campaign in installing rear seat belts for the public before enforcing the law..

3 comments:

wilson said...

Read from online news that cars without rear seat belt are given three years to comply.

Or you can remove your rear seat :p

source: http://web7.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=368544

Cyen said...

remove the rear sit ? come on la ..
so in other words, if i get caught for not have rear sit belts is still ok within the next 3 yrs ?

most of the time i'm the only one using the car.. seldom i bring ppl..

wilson said...

From the source I got yeah, but if you want to be on the safe side, you could contact JPJ regarding the matter.

Or remove you rear seat.

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