Road safety boost: According to research by Miros, the use of dummy seat belt buckles significantly increases the risk of serious injury or death due to the absence of a functioning seat belt, even if airbags deploy correctly during a crash. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star
PETALING JAYA : The import of dummy seat belt buckles and latch plates used to mute warning beepers will be outlawed from Dec 31 in a new regulation aimed at improving road safety.
The federal gazette issued on June 24 under subsection 31(1) of the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235] states that “a dummy buckle, seat-belt alarm stopper, seat-belt clip extender or any other similar accessory or device intended to be inserted into a seat-belt buckle to disable or bypass the safety reminder and rendering the seat-belt mechanism inoperative” are prohibited from import from all countries.
