Rear Seatbelts
Come June 2008, the rear seatbelt ruling will come into effect (but this shouldn’t stop you from starting now). Starting from June 2008, there will be an advocacy period of 3 months after which strict law enforcement will be in place.
From the survey done by MIROS, most vehicles registered after 1 Jan 1995 comes with rear seatbelts. However, for private vehicles manufactured before 1 Jan 1995, this ruling is exempted. Private vehicles without rear seatbelt manufactured after 1 January 1995, they will have 3 years to comply.
There are concerns about for inadequate seat belts in a 5 seater cars for large families. From a survey done by MIROS, 91% of the time there are less than 3 passengers at the back. For the 9% group, they should consider about safety for the rest of their passengers. Nevertheless, for large families, in cases where rear seatbelts are inadequate, they will be exempted from the ruling.
We should consider the fact that accidents do happen and it can happen to anyone. It is easy to take for granted the safety of those at the back and we’re so used to not buckling up when sitting at the back.
Don’t wait for June to come, buckle up now for those at the back!
Update: This blog entry is edited to clarify and correct some factual errors. The webmaster wish to apologise for the confusion caused by this blog entry.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am
Malaysia should implement this ASAP. It is very important to fasten your seat belt as you seated, and child seat should be fully implemented to protect children’s life.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
For those who don’t want to install rear seatbelts for their car, please don’t say your money is more important than your children safety or you just find an excuses to spending your money for your cigarrete
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 pm
May I have all the information about the rear seat belt campaign? Because I couldn’t find it in any government website and I need it as my reference for my research. I hope that I can get it before 15 July. Thanks
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
i’m was temporarily dumbfounded with agnes’s request…
@agnes - use google to key in specific keywords to find your materials. the panducermat site and the blog is equipped with search as well. Note the page header on panducermat.org.my for the search function.