ALOR STAR: The Government should consider imposing toll on superbikes and choppers instead of banning them from highways, said Ride for Peace chairman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah. 

He said most of those who own such big motorcycles were professionals who could afford to pay toll. 

"This is an option the Government could consider to increase toll revenue," he said, adding that the Government could use part of the revenue to provide better facilities on highways to accommodate superbikes.  

Do not single us out because of a few bad apples.

That was the response by The Superbikers Club Malaysia to the proposal by Works Minister Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu that the government ban motorcycles on the North-South Highway if they continue to flout the traffic rules.

Bernama had, on Monday, quoted the minister as saying that he saw four high-powered motorcycles racing on two lanes of the highway, going at 170kph and endangering the safety of other motorists.

KUALA LUMPUR: Pelebaran laluan tertentu di Lebuhraya Utara Selatan daripada dua lorong kepada tiga lorong akan dirancang dari semasa ke semasa berdasarkan kadar aliran trafik dan sama ada cukup ruang tanah bagi kerja menaik taraf itu. 

Menteri Kerjaraya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata syarikat konsesi lebuh raya itu, PLUS Expressway Bhd (Plus), perlu mempertimbangkan kos pengambilan tanah dan tambahan belanja penyenggaraan sebelum membuat keputusan mengenainya. 

SUNGAI BULOH: Kementerian Kerjaraya menubuhkan pasukan peronda khas bagi memantau keadaan jalan dan cerun serta membantu mengawasi keadaan trafik di laluan kritikal sepanjang perayaan Aidilfitri ini. 

Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata pasukan itu juga akan memantau aliran trafik di jalan Persekutuan dan negeri dengan dibantu jawatankuasa lalu lintas peringkat daerah yang dianggotai polis, Jawatankuasa Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR), Pejabat Daerah dan agensi lain. 

BOTA: Superbikers will be banned from the North-South Expressway (NSE) if they break traffic laws and disrupt the flow of traffic. 

"They go as fast as 170km per hour on the NSE and sometimes ride four abreast, two on each lane. They must follow the rules and regulations. I want to meet with the associations. If they (don't listen) I will impose a ban on them,? Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said after visiting the almost completed Ipoh-Lumut expressway yesterday.

He said the NSE was not a place for superbikers to race with one another.

Parit: Selepas melihat sendiri empat penunggang motosikal berkuasa besar berlumba di Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan,  Menteri Kerjaraya Datuk Seri Samy Vellu berkata kerajaan mungkin mengharamkan motosikal di lebuh raya itu jika mereka didapati mengancam nyawa pengguna lain.

Beliau berkata, tindakan tegas mesti diambil kerana penunggang motosikal didapati tidak mengendahkan undang-undang jalan raya termasuk menggunakannya untuk berlumba.

UNGAI BULOH: Kadar tol di semua lebuh raya tidak akan dinaikkan selagi kajian mengenai cadangan kenaikan membabitkan tujuh pemegang konsesi belum diserahkan kepada Kabinet, Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu. 

"Kita tidak akan menaikkan kadar tol walaupun selepas 1 Januari depan selagi belum dapat kelulusan Jemaah Menteri," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Kempen Keselamatan Jalan Raya di kawasan Rehat dan Rawat (R&R) Restoran Jejantas Sungai Buloh, di sini semalam. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said those responsible for the collapse of eight concrete beams of an uncompleted Kajang-Seremban Highway flyover near Pajam would face the music. 

He had instructed the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) to investigate the Thursday night incident, and on Saturday the MHA handed its preliminary report to the minister.

Samy Vellu, however, wants a more detailed report.

PUTRAJAYA: There will be no toll increases next year, at least not until the Cabinet had discussed the matter, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. 

"Why do you speculate? Wait until the Cabinet decides," he told reporters when questioned on the toll increase that was announced by Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu on Sunday. 

Najib was speaking to reporters after chairing the Cabinet committee meeting on local government here yesterday. 

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