Police: Almost 40,000 unsettled summonses from Singaporean drivers

Police: Almost 40,000 unsettled summonses from Singaporean drivers

Singaporean drivers account for more than half of all unpaid traffic summonses issued in Malaysia.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Police today confirmed that 61,057 traffic summonses issued since 2014 have yet to be settled, with 37,506 of them issued to Singaporean drivers.

According to a report from TODAYonline, national police traffic investigation and enforcement department director Sharul Othman Mansur said speeding was the most common offence committed by foreign drivers.

Sharul added that despite the high number of unsettled summonses issued to Singaporean drivers, Singaporeans were nonetheless becoming more likely to pay their traffic summonses, as well as to obey Malaysian traffic laws.

He said: “They are starting to obey traffic rules. They are also quick to pay their outstanding summonses.”

Sharul added that there were various ways to pay traffic fines, including both offline and online methods.

Over the last three years, 81,708 traffic summonses were issued in Malaysia. Almost 62% of these were issued to Singaporean drivers.

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