The road transport department (JPJ) has revealed that 2,685 luxury vehicles owners have been caught for failing to renew the road tax (LKM) on their cars this year. According to JPJ senior director of enforcement Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan, the figures were recorded from January 1 to December 18 this year, with many unearthed under its series of Ops Luxury operations, which began in late June.
In terms of numbers, that from a particular brand led the list, and by a significant margin. “Of the 2,685 luxury vehicles that failed to renew their LKM, Porsche accounted for the highest number, with 1,887 vehicles, followed by Ferrari (223), Lamborghini (195), Bentley (172), Maserati (88), Rolls-Royce (64) and Aston Martin (56),” he said, adding that 855 luxury vehicles have been seized since Ops Luxury was implemented.
He said that the 2,685 non-compliant vehicles remain under enforcement surveillance, with seizure action to be taken if the LKM is not renewed immediately. He added that vehicles operated without a valid LKM carry high risks as they are not covered by insurance, potentially resulting in serious financial and legal liabilities in the event of an accident.
Muhammad Kifli said that a by-product of Ops Luxury was that there had been a significant increase in LKM renewals for luxury vehicles, to the tune of 12,921 vehicles, with total collections amounting to RM34.47 million, as the Borneo Post reports.
No surprise as to which brand led the list. “Porsche once again recorded the highest renewal value, with collections (for 10,142 vehicles) reaching RM17.94 million,” he said.
Back in September, transport minister Anthony Loke had indicated that owners of 6,360 luxury vehicles in Malaysia across the Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ferrari and Porsche brands had recorded nearly RM35.7 million in road tax arrears.
The list by JPJ revealed that Rolls-Royce accounted for 345 units with RM6,455,563.70 unpaid, Lamborghini with 372 units (RM3,761,345.40), Bentley with 660 units (RM7,055,197.10), Ferrari with 675 units (RM4,718,395.60), and Porsche with 4,308 units (RM13,751,078.20).
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Such cases of road tax non-renewal will persist as long as we don’t need to display physical road tax on the windshield.
Ops Luxury is one thing. JPJ should check how many normal cars do not have renewed road tax and insurance. Chances are the figures would be at least 10 times higher than for luxury cars.
Not really….physical road taxs are easier to clone. Will make it easier for them to get away as during ops, officers will just glance at the date. If the officer suspect that road tax is fake then pull the car aside for verification? No need to do double job as they already have the tech to do it a lot quicker…only problem is that its still not widely used.
That tech has been around for more than 10 years and yes, an enforcement agency has been using it but u know la our gomen….poket x asyuk, buat2 kasi tak jadi lah.
More than 10 years ago, a friend of mine was driving a car with expired tax and met with and enforcement agency vehicle travelling the opposite way. Immediately after they pass each other, that enforcement vehicle immediately turn around and stop my friend. The officer said ‘Encik tahu kan kenapa’.
BTW, there is no surprise if the figure for normal cars with expired road tax is 10x or even more than that…there are more of them on the road.
now no need already. all in system. once the roadtax expired they already know.
ezy statistic report generated by the system.
they have all the info.
nowdays got number plate recognition. place a few static cameras in strategic location, or even better mount camera on moving vehicles. it just depends on whether jpj wanna do such enforcement or not.
just setup a camera on patrol cars with number plate recognition to detect cars without raoadtax. tech is already available just depends on whether jpj want to implement or not.
After buying the cow there is no more money left to buy the rope. LOL.
Finest examples are those who haphazardly parking car on the roadside not inside shopping mall parking lots
I think road tax is not the issue. Its the hefty insurance premium that is the issue.uf motorbike road tax no license please seize those machinese as well. The law cannot be applied unfairly.
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