Keep in mind the incident involving a Proton Saga FL driving towards site visitors on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Hyperlink freeway yesterday? It seems that the driving force concerned is an 85-year-old man, in response to a Harian Metro report, reigniting questions on whether or not senior residents needs to be allowed to proceed driving.
Iskandar Puteri police chief Assistant Commissioner M Kumarasan mentioned the person turned up on the district’s site visitors investigation and enforcement division later within the day to assist within the investigation. It was discovered that the driving force ended up opposing southbound site visitors on kilometre 14.3 of the Second Hyperlink after making a flawed flip whereas driving in the direction of his dwelling in Tampoi, he added.
“It’s believed [he] then turned off on the Gelang Patah exit and drove in the direction of Mutiara Rini earlier than the automotive he was driving ran out of gasoline,” M Kumarasan mentioned. “He was then helped by the general public and returned dwelling by an e-hailing service.”
District police started investigating the incident after a touch cam video posted by Fb consumer AG Naysen went viral. It confirmed the cam automotive being certainly one of a trio of automobiles on the quick lane that needed to take evasive motion to keep away from the Saga, narrowly lacking it. The case is now being investigated underneath Part 42 (1) of the Street Transport Act 1987 for harmful and reckless driving.
This newest incident is only one of a number of cases of senior residents driving towards site visitors. The scenario turned so untenable that in 2021 the police proposed a variety of situations for seniors to maintain their licences, together with for them to bear a physician’s examination to make sure they’re match to drive.
The suggestion was promptly shot down by then-transport minister Wee Ka Siong, who mentioned a driver’s competence shouldn’t be judged solely on age. Extra lately, his successor Anthony Loke mentioned final yr it could be onerous to impose age limits, as 30% of licensed senior residents have been nonetheless actively driving.
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