| Recently, the MACC arrested and remanded RTD enforcement officers from the Penang state office for allegedly receiving illicit monthly payments as an inducement to not take action against lorry drivers and transport companies who committed road and related traffic offences. As reported in the mainstream media, the payment was also for tip-offs which the companies and drivers received to alert them on RTD enforcement operations.
Furthermore, it is a commonly known fact that fatal road accidents are one of the leading causes of mortality in this nation. Most of the victims of road accidents are youths between the ages of 15 and 40 years old. Now many of us are wondering if the corruption and misconduct of RTD personnel have both, directly and indirectly, contributed to this unwarranted problem.
Secondly, is corruption and misconduct also prevalent in all the other state RTD offices in our nation? Lastly, to what extent do existing bureaucratic issues and standard operating procedures regarding enforcement encourage acts of corruption and misconduct? We cannot go on ignoring the impact of the high number of fatal road accidents as there may be unroadworthy vehicles and bad drivers due to this lack of enforcement by RTD personnel.
The high cause of death is caused by those driving schools standard and qualities of corrupted (unqualified) trainers of safety of driving skills and behaviours awareness !!! Training !!!
A big YES!