RTD seizes tourist Land Rover with road tax expired for 18 years
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The Road Transport Department has seized a four-wheel-drive vehicle ferrying tourists after discovering its road tax had been expired for 18 years.
The Road Transport Department in Cameron Highlands has confiscated a Land Rover tour vehicle due to its road tax being invalid for 18 years. A spokesman for the Pahang department revealed that officers stopped the Land Rover, driven by a 66-year-old man with three passengers, near Gunung Brinchang on Jalan Sungai Palas around 1pm on Thursday. The inspection revealed that the vehicle's road tax had lapsed on April 1, 2008, and it did not have proper insurance.
The driver was issued two traffic summonses, and the vehicle was taken to the Raub seizure depot for further procedures. Under the Road Transport Act 1987, those operating vehicles without valid road tax can be punished with a fine of up to RM2,000. Driving without valid insurance is also against the law, as per Section 90(1), and is punishable by a fine of up to RM1,000, up to three months in prison, or both.
The four-wheel-drive Land Rover was reportedly utilized to transport tourists into the rainforest, beyond a checkpoint where private cars are not permitted.
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