The Department of Road Transport (JPJ) has launched the 2025 Chinese New Year Special Operation, which will take place over 20 days from 20th January to 9th February.

According to the department, the 2025 Chinese New Year Special Operation aims to monitor, detect, and take action against road users who violate traffic regulations or laws.

JPJ will focus on nine main offences under the Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333), which are as follows:

• Driving above the speed limit
• Jumping the red lights
• Overtaking on a double line
• Driving on the emergency lane
• Queue cutting
• Using a mobile phone
• Not wearing seat belts or helmets
• Driving heavy vehicles on the fast lane
• Overloading

At the same time, JPJ is also launching a road safety campaign themed ‘Pandu Cermat, Sampai Selamat’, which will see the implementation of methods and approaches for road safety advocacy through more than 30 programmes.

Among the programmes to be held are exhibitions, awareness talks, distribution of road safety kits, and advocacy programmes in collaboration with strategic partners, including the media.

In conjunction with the 2025 Chinese New Year, JPJ urges road users to always adhere to traffic regulations, ensure that their vehicles are in good condition, and plan their journeys.