Tipper lorries designed to transport materials such as dirt, gravel or debris are among the highest number of heavy vehicles seized by the road transport department (JPJ) in its enforcement operations targeting goods vehicles since 2022.
This was revealed by the department’s senior director of enforcement, Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan, who said that out of a total of 3,061 lorries subject to action from that period up to April this year, 602 were tipper units.
“In 2022, a total of 102 tipper type lorries were seized, followed by 252 in 2023 and 189 in 2024. From January to April this year alone, a total of 365 lorries were seized, with 59 of them being tipper units,” he said during a press briefing held earlier today at the Elmina JPJ enforcement station in Shah Alam.
He added that tipper lorries were also found to have committed the most road offences, including carrying excessive loads, operating with expired road tax/insurance and for failing to undergo periodic Puspakom inspections as required by the government.
Muhammad Kifli added that in the past week alone, JPJ had seized three tipper lorries that were found to have been operating without road tax and valid insurance coverage for the past seven to nine years. He said that the department viewed this issue very seriously, and stated that he had asked enforcement divisions in each state to increase their enforcement efforts.
“We do not want these offences to endanger other road users. If the road tax has expired and there is no insurance coverage, it will make things difficult if an accident occurs. As such, we will pay special attention to lorries with expired road tax, no insurance and technical violations,” he said.
He said that in such cases, lorry owners face confiscation and forfeiture of their vehicles for failing to adhere to the law, and called on all owners and operators of heavy vehicles to immediately renew their road tax, obtain valid insurance coverage and undergo the required periodic inspections.
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