Road Accidents: Govt Mulls System For All Drivers

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- The Government is considering introducing a system for all drivers to reduce road accidents in the country, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said Tuesday.
Currently, he said, several measures were being reviewed including the Automated Enforcement System which was considered the most effective.
Under the system, he said, drivers would be monitored through several ways such as their behaviour on the road and their driving skills.
"This system (if implemented) is for all drivers and not just commercial drivers," he told reporters after opening the 5th Maritime Institute of Malaysia Conference on the "Straits of Melaka: Present and Future Perspective," here.
Chan, however, revealed that there were other methods in the pipeline as the government was serious in turning the roads into a safe place.
Asked when the system would be implemented, he said it was still being studied.
The minister was asked whether the government was considering enforcing new measures to reduce road accidents involving express buses following last Sunday's accident in Jawi, near Nibong Tebal, in which a chartered bus turned upside down in a ditch, killing 11 pilgrims and injuring several others going to the annual St Anne's Feast in Bukit Mertajam.
On the accident, described as the worst so far this year, Chan said he had not received the report.