馬來西亞出臺措施 嚴懲邊開車邊用手機的人

Malaysia will be deploying more eyes on the road to monitor drivers who use their handphones behind the wheel, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said.

馬來西亞交通部長廖中萊日前表示，馬來西亞將在路上部署更多的攝像頭，以監控那些在駕駛時使用手機的人。

Datuk Seri Liow said the Road Transport Department would come down hard on errant drivers for such offences.

廖中萊稱，陸路交通局會嚴厲打擊那些違規的駕駛員。

Enforcement personnel and two types of cameras - static and mobile - would be deployed, and those caught red-handed would be slapped with a RM300 fine.

執法人員以及靜態的和動態的兩種攝像頭將會爲此進行部署，而那些當場被抓住的人則會被處以300令吉的罰款。

"We prohibit drivers from using their handphones on the road. We have given them a lot of advice, yet there are many who still do so. Focus on the road and not your handphones when you are driving," he said.

廖中萊說：“我們禁止司機駕駛時使用手機。此前已經提出了很多忠告了，但還是有很多人我行我素。駕駛時，要集中精力看路，而不是專注在手機上。”

He told reporters strict action was necessary to reduce the number of accidents caused by using handphones while driving.

他告訴記者，有必要採取嚴厲的措施，以減少開車時使用手機造成的交通事故。

He added that using navigation apps such as Waze was permitted, but the mobile phone should be mounted on a phone holder.

但他也表示，將允許使用Waze這樣的導航軟件，但是手機需要放在支架上。

Liow said the use of handphones by drivers is one of the 20 offences that would soon be included into the Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas), a combination of the Automated Enforcement System and demerit points system.

廖中萊稱，司機使用手機很快將被納入交通安全自動偵測系統(Awas)的20項違規行爲之一。這是一種自動執法系統和扣分系統的結合。

Traffic offenders who are caught under the Awas system will face suspension and even revocation of their driving licence.

被Awas系統拍到的交通違規者將禁止駕駛，嚴重者甚至將被吊銷執照。

"The accident rates are very high. There were 5,310 fatalities from January to September this year while for the whole of last year, there were 7,152 deaths," he said. "We want to reduce these figures by 10 per cent every year and it is really challenging."

廖中萊稱：“事故發生率很高。今年1月至9月有5310起交通意外事故，而去年全年死亡人數爲7152人。我們希望事故發生率每年能降低10%，這的確是一項挑戰。”