KOTA KINABALU - The Road Transport Department (RTD) Sabah will carry out a large-scale operation this year to track down vehicles still using dark tinted windows without approval from the authorities.
Its director, Mohd Shuhaili Mohd Taufek, said the offence, using dark tinted windows, has increased with over 14,000 being recorded in the state last year.
“The aim of the operation is to remind vehicle owners of the offence of using dark tinted window on their vehicles. Tinted windows can only be used after getting approval from the authorities, including the Sabah Commissioner of Police for security reasons, and confirmation from the government hospital for health reasons,” he said at a press conference at RTD headquarters here yesterday.
According to Shuhaili, RTD has never approved or given certification for any tinted products sold by car accessories shops.
“If there are car accessories shops that claim to have approval from RTD on the use of tinted window, it is simply not true,” he said.
Shuhaili said besides the use of tinted window, the department has also recorded other offences such as using high intensity definition (HID) lights and modification of vehicle plate numbers which came to 1,365 and 1,119 cases respectively in 2013.
“For illegal modifications of vehicle, 1,475 summons were issued last year,” he said, adding that 4,600 summonses were also issued for numerous road offences by the department.
Meanwhile, Shuhaili said, the department is aiming to collect penalties from 80,000 notices of reminder sent to road offenders this year.
He said in 2013, the department collected penalties from 68,000 notices of reminder to road offenders with revenue amounting to RM120 million, an increase of 10 per cent from year 2012.
“For this year, we aim to collect penalties from 80,000 notices of reminders served on road offenders,” he said.
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