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He also supported allowing companies that employ professional drivers, particularly logistics, bus, taxi and e-hailing firms, to check relevant serious traffic records.
Former police assistant commissioner S. Markandan said the database could identify motorists with multiple summonses or those involved in more than two accidents, even minor ones, over a three-year period.
He proposed that such motorists be required to attend a compulsory road safety advocacy course, with failure to do so resulting in further Kejara demerit points.
“Before further action is taken, it should be determined why they have been involved in multiple accidents or accumulated so many summonses.”
Markandan said repeat offenders should also be warned that further offences could result in their driving licences being revoked and them having to retake the entire driving test.
Road Safety Council of Malaysia executive council member Datuk Suret Singh, however, questioned the need for another database, saying it could duplicate Kejara which is managed by the Road Transport Department (JPJ).
“Kejara is supposed to be the national database of all traffic summonses and should be comprehensive enough to include summonses issued by both traffic police and the Road Transport Department.
“Both agencies need to work closely together to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the database, otherwise this proposed database would be a wasteful duplication,” he said.
Malaysian Road and Transport Safety Association president Md Hairolzaman Muhamed Nor supported the proposed database as an early intervention tool.
He agreed that it should be directly linked to Kejara to provide authorities with a comprehensive risk profile of drivers.
Md Hairolzaman said the classification of a repeat offender should be determined by both the number and severity of offences committed by a driver.
