The police are giving car owners who have outfitted their vehicles with licence plates and window tints that do not comply with gazetted regulations a month to fix them before a crackdown commences.
Federal Traffoic Polive chief Senior Asst Comm Mohd Fuad Abdul Latiff said the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) had noticed an increase in violations on these regulations.
“Due to security reasons, we have decided to give an ultimatum to these vehicle owners to revert to legal tinting and licence plates,” The Star Online reports Mohd Fuad telling members of the media at Bukit Aman yesterday.
Mohd Fuad said there were instances where snatch theft victims were unable to identify the registration numbers of runaway vehicles as they were either too small, too tightly spaced or were rendered in fancy, unclear lettering.
“Robbery gangs are also using heavily tinted vehicles to avoid suspicion.
“Under Rule 6(1) of the Motor Vehicle (Registration and Licensing) Rules 1959, the licence plate must be placed in an upright position and must be in accordance to specifications,” he said.
Rule 5(1) and Rule 5(3) of Motor Vehicle (Prohibition of Certain Types of Glass) Rules 1991 states that window tints on road vehicles should allow at least 70% of outside light into the front windshield, while side panels and the rear windshield must allow at least 50% of outside light to pass through.
“Those who do not revert to the permitted tinting or licence plate specifications by June 15 could face a RM300 compound when stopped by police,” Mohd Fuad said.
He added that vehicle owners who have installed unauthorised strobe or flashing lights must dismantle them immediately. Those who are found to have those gadgets on their vehicles will also be subject to a RM300 compound.
