‘Not aware’, ‘in a hurry’ and ‘not intentional’ were among popular excuses given by motorists who were issued with summonses for driving private vehicles along designated bus lanes in an operation conducted by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in Jalan Ampang here yesterday.
In the operation which began at 10.30am, over 40 offence notices were issued within an hour – which showed the apathy of motorists towards compliance to traffic rules with regard to the use of bus and taxi lanes.
In addition, drivers who used the bus lanes also blamed the traffic jams, other drivers for not giving way or being discourteous while some even denied committing the offence and ended up arguing with the enforcement officers on duty.
DBKL Traffic Enforcement Division chief Mohd Hisham Izhar said a total of 18,535 notices were issued from January until April.
“Although the information is displayed on VMS (Variable Messaging Signs) and there are ‘Bus, Taxi Only’ signs painted clearly on the road surface, people are still breaking the rules and some even park their cars on the road shoulders along these special lanes which adds to the road congestion.
He said the special bus lanes were created to ensure smooth movement of buses to keep up with the bus schedule even when the roads were congested, in an effort to improve public transport services in the capital city.
To boost enforcement, Mohd Hisham said DBKL would conduct operations more frequently – apart from working in collaboration with the Road Transport Department in blacklisting errant drivers.
Thirteen bus lanes have been gazetted by DBKL – among them are Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Raja Laut, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah and Jalan Dang Wangi.
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