A total of 62 summonses were issued against 30 heavy vehicle drivers for various traffic offences on Monday (June 19), during a joint operation by the Traffic Police (TP), Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the National Environment Agency (NEA).
The summonses were issued for various traffic offences such as speeding, failing to keep left on expressways and using mobile communication devices while driving.
Additionally, a foreign heavy vehicle was made to turn back to Malaysia for excessive smoke emission, police said in a media release.
The authorities also found 36 instances of LTA offences such as the illegal modification of vehicles, police said.
This is part of an ongoing month-long series of operations clamping down on errant drivers of heavy vehicles such as prime movers, buses and tipper trucks.
The number of fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles grew by 20.6 per cent to 41 cases last year, up from 34 the year before, the Traffic Police said last Friday.
Up to June 15, there were 19 fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles, an increase from 16 during the same period last year.
Meanwhile, the number of traffic violations also rose by 13.3 per cent, from 16,413 in 2015, to 18,591 last year.
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