The relevant authorities should share a big part of the blame for the ever increasing rate of road accidents caused by speeding express buses and lorries.

The 'black box' ruling sometime back (where every buses were fitted with a black box which recorded excess speed) would have been sufficient to check instances of speeding buses, had it been efficiently enforced.

Regular checks of these black boxes and prompt action taken against those who commit speeding offences could have greatly reduced, even possibly eradicate, this menace.

Unfortunately, the authorities failed to make many bus owners comply with this black-box ruling. Many owners which did fix these boxes on their buses also tampered with them, thus rendering these data-recording devices useless.

There is no point in creating new laws and increase penalties for offenders if these laws are not enforced. Many existing traffic laws are enough. What is seriously lacking is the will to enforce them on the part of the authorities.

In line with the government's new approach to be more efficient and clean, the JPJ and traffic police should pull up their socks with regards to enforcement.