By V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: Motorists who have treated the roads in the administrative capital as a racing track had better think twice about doing it starting next week.
Fed up with the increasing number of road accidents here, the police have decided to place speed traps and summon errant motorists on the spot.
Putrajaya OCPD Supt Abdul Razak Abdul Majid said most motorists have not adhered to the 70km speed limit because the roads here were similar to highways.
"But Putrajaya is a town just like other towns where the speed limit is 70km, so everyone has to abide by it or be served RM300 summonses," he said, adding that the speed trap to start next week would first target public transportation.
The operation, he said, would be continuous.
Speaking to reporters here Wednesday, Supt Abdul Razak said 90% of accidents occurred due to human error and that the roads could not be blamed as they were well maintained.
"There are also cases of motorists meeting with accidents on their own as they were speeding and lost control of their vehicle," he said.
Police statistics show that there were 523 road accident cases between January and September last year; this year, for the same duration, there was an increase of 140 cases, with a total of 663 cases.
"Of the 663 cases, three were fatal, 15 involved serious injuries while 21 recorded minor injuries," he said, adding that the number of vehicles involved in accidents last year was 616 against this year's statistics of 835.
Supt Abdul Razak also said that police patrolling had been intensified with seven groups patrolling by car, four groups by motorcycle and two groups of beat patrol.
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