One other lorry crashes into vehicles on Johor-Singapore Causeway – stricter car inspections required

One other occasion of a heavy car crashing into different automobiles was caught on video not too long ago and posted on social media by SG Street Vigilante. In line with the neighborhood web page, the incident occurred on the Johor–Singapore Causeway yesterday (October 13) at round 9am.

Within the dashcam footage, we see a semi-trailer lorry approaching the recording automotive – a Toyota Mark X – in a site visitors jam. Failing to cease in time, the lorry plows into the rear of the sedan, which then hits a Perodua Bezza earlier than pulling proper into the aspect of one other semi-trailer lorry.

The perpetrator lorry then continues ahead to hit the Bezza, pushing it into one other lorry forward, crushing the sedan. The aftermath of the accident is actually chilling, with the Bezza showing closely mangled following the chain collision.

Channel Information Asia stories that the driving force of the Bezza was caught contained in the car however was efficiently extricated. Police confirmed the driving force was handled on the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bahru for accidents labeled underneath “yellow zone,” that are thought-about excessive threat.

It added that each one automobiles concerned within the incident have been Malaysia-registered and the driving force of the runaway lorry was a 30-year-old Malaysian that misplaced management of his car. Two out of the three lanes on the Causeway have been blocked because of the accident.

This isn’t the primary time such an accident has occurred on the Causeway, as again in July, a lorry crashed into 11 automobiles. Different instances elsewhere noticed heavy automobiles crashing into vehicles close to the Menora Tunnel in Jelapang, Perak and on the North-South Expressway.

A business car (CV) is meant to bear a routine roadworthiness inspection of at the very least twice a 12 months. This consists of particular probes into the car’s undercarriage, emissions, suspension, headlights and taillights, speedometer take a look at in addition to brake take a look at.

The brake take a look at is likely one of the most essential elements of the periodic inspection. If a CV fails the take a look at, it is going to be robotically blacklisted and the outcomes might be despatched to JPJ. The proprietor should rectify the problem and upon restore, get hold of JPJ permission for re-inspection. It must be famous that different take a look at failures aren’t referred again to the JPJ, simply brake take a look at failures.

Following July’s incident, the highway transport division (JPJ) has mentioned it could perform extra operational actions at Puspakom centres to make sure that the security requirements for heavy and business automobiles are adhered to.