‘Human behaviour leading cause of accidents’

KUCHING: Human behavior is the leading cause of accidents and fatal accidents in Malaysia according to police statistics.

Director of Bukit Aman Investigation and Traffic Enforcement Department SAC Datuk Mahamad Akhir Darus said analysis showed there were six main offences committed by drivers.

“They are speeding, using handphones while driving, cutting queues, driving on emergency lanes, overtaking at double lines and misjudgement while overtaking,” Akhir told a press conference after the symbolic handing over of 32 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycles to the Sarawak police contingent here yesterday.

He added that drivers who misjudged the distance while overtaking on dangerous stretches of roads or blindspots were more likely to end up in an accident.

“All these (offences) point to the

They are speeding, using handphones while driving, cutting queues, driving on emergency lanes, overtaking at double lines and misjudgement while overtaking. SAC Datuk Mahamad Akhir Darus, director of Bukit Aman Investigation and Traffic Enforcement Department

behaviour of drivers. We are not yet disciplined,” he said.

On another note, he said ever since the police started to issue summonses to foreign drivers in Malaysia, there was a decrease in the number of offences committed by those drivers.

Among the offences were speeding and illegal parking.

Singaporeans make up the most number of offenders summonsed, followed by the Thais. He, however, was unable to disclose the total number of summonses being issued to the foreigners.

“We want to let everyone know that no one is above the law when using the roads in Malaysia. We will also make sure that foreigners pay their summonses before they return to their own country,” he added. Operations, he added, were carried out periodically by Bukit Aman with the state contingents that border the neighbouring countries.

“Recently, we had an operation at the Kelantan-Thailand border while operations were carried out last year at the Johor BahruSingapore and Limbang-MiriBrunei borders.

The next operation would be carried out at the Sabah-Indonesia border followed by the SarawakIndonesia border.

On the installation of the Automated Enforcement System (AES) in Sarawak, Akhir clarified that it came under the jurisdiction of the Road and Transport Department which would decide where the cameras would be installed.