Abandoned vehicles: Owners urged to deal with JPJ for smoother disposal

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Abandoned cars and motorcycles continue to be an eyesore in neighbourhoods and now have become an environmental hazard as well.  To top it off, the local authority is running out of space to store these unwanted vehicles and machines.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Abandoned cars and motorcycles are not only an eyesore in neighborhoods.

00:04 They take up prized parking spaces or get abandoned by roadsides,

00:08 especially near car workshops.

00:11 They have also become an environmental hazard.

00:13 Penang Island City Council (MBPP) Enforcement Director Nurazrin Nurazlan Ong

00:20 said the onus was on owners to dispose their unwanted vehicles properly.

00:24 He believed many were put off by the tedious and lengthy process of parting ways

00:29 with their vehicles, while some decided to keep them for sentimental reasons.

00:33 I would like to advise car owners who have more than one vehicle or vehicles that are no longer in use,

00:40 please go to the Road Safety Department to cancel the registration and also

00:46 dispose of your own vehicles.

00:47 Do not leave them in public places, which will cause inconvenience to the public.

00:53 MBPP is empowered to remove abandoned cars

00:56 that cause obstruction in public places under Section 46 of the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974.

01:03 Nurazrin said the Council would move in upon receiving public complaints.

01:07 Enforcement officers would first be deployed to investigate.

01:11 If it is a derelict car left in a public place,

01:14 a notice to remove the car will be issued to the owner.

01:18 If the owner fails to do so within the given time,

01:21 enforcement officers will tow it to the MBPP depot,

01:24 where owners have three months to reclaim the vehicle.

01:27 Before getting their vehicles back,

01:29 the owners would have to pay a RM100 towing fee and RM10 per day for storage fees.

01:35 The Council would also check with the police if the vehicle had been used for criminal activities

01:41 before it is considered for disposal through public auction or scrapping.

01:45 Nurazrin said the entire process can take a minimum of six months,

01:49 which means these vehicles are left idle in the depot.

01:52 He lamented that the local authority is running out of space

01:56 to store these auto junk at their depots in Relau, Patani Road, Bagan Jarmal and Batu Uban.

02:03 However, more vehicles are coming in each day.

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