Keep in mind the incident involving a Proton Saga FL driving in opposition to visitors on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Hyperlink freeway yesterday? It seems that the motive force concerned is an 85-year-old man, in response to a Harian Metro report, reigniting questions on whether or not senior residents must be allowed to proceed driving.
Iskandar Puteri police chief Assistant Commissioner M Kumarasan mentioned the person turned up on the district’s visitors investigation and enforcement division later within the day to help within the investigation. It was discovered that the motive force ended up opposing southbound visitors on kilometre 14.3 of the Second Hyperlink after making a fallacious flip whereas driving in direction of his house in Tampoi, he added.
“It’s believed [he] then turned off on the Gelang Patah exit and drove in direction of Mutiara Rini earlier than the automobile he was driving ran out of gas,” M Kumarasan mentioned. “He was then helped by the general public and returned house by means of an e-hailing service.”
District police started investigating the incident after a touch cam video posted by Fb person AG Naysen went viral. It confirmed the cam automobile being one in every 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 Highway Transport Act 1987 for harmful and reckless driving.
This newest incident is only one of a number of cases of senior residents driving in opposition to visitors. The state of affairs turned so untenable that in 2021 the police proposed a variety of circumstances for seniors to maintain their licences, together with for them to endure a health care provider’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 just lately, his successor Anthony Loke mentioned final yr it could be arduous to impose age limits, as 30% of licensed senior residents had been nonetheless actively driving.
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