THE STAR ONLINE
Wednesday April 4, 2007
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/4/nation/17339012&sec=nation
KOSMO! reported that, for a mere RM90 worth of accessories, a car or motorbike owner could “act” like a policeman and get special treatment on the roads.
It said a group of car and motorbike owners had added accessories to their vehicles that sounded like police and ambulance sirens, to confuse other road-users and bully them into giving way.
Calling it the latest fad on the road, the newspapers said the siren, which is connected to a loudspeaker, came in very handy especially during traffic jams.
Some Mat Rempit (illegal bike racers) also had the cheek to fix the sirens on their motorbikes and pretend to be policemen, even directing traffic so that their gang of bikers could move along the road easily.
Kosmo! reporters went to the ground after receiving complaints from readers and found many car accessory shops in Klang Valley selling these sirens and even displaying them openly, although they knew this was an offence.
A youngster identified as Sally, whose friends had installed the sirens in their cars for fun, said the sirens had become popular over the last two years, and were mostly sold in Shah Alam, Klang, Cheras and Gombak.
Another person named Syamsul said it took only 30 minutes for the siren to be installed.
Road Transport Department enforcement director Salim Parlan, when contacted by the newspaper, said the accessory shops, and the car and bike owners with the sirens could be fined RM2,000 or jailed not more than six months for the offence.
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