Govt scraps plan on vehicle end-of-life policy

2009/11/06

By Azlan Abu Bakar

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has withdrawn the end-of-life policy for vehicles after taking in account the public’s views and feedback.

The International Trade and Industry Ministry, in a statement issued yesterday, said the government had received many complaints from various quarters on the policy which was annnounced on October 28 as part of the National Automotive Policy (NAP).

They generally disagree to the mandatory annual comprehensive inspection as a requirement for road tax renewal for vehicles aged 15 years or older.

Among the main grouses were the additional cost that the affected owners had to incur for having the car inspected every year before road tax renewal.

The phasing out of old vehicles in other countries is normally accompanied by some form of subsidy or incentive to ease the burden of the car owners.

The announcement came two days after Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the government was willing to review the new NAP regulations that had a negative impact on the public.

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peter:

If the policy had gone ahead, a lot of lower income people would suffer further hardship for nothing.

Chong VH:

While I agree that the government had done the right thing in withdrawing the ruling of mandatory inspection for vehicles over 15 years old as a prerequisite for road tax renewal, I wish to mention that the proposal reflected the lack of in-depth analysis and study on the part of the government. This actually reflected badly on the government as it implied that policies were formulated without first thoroughly studying it from all aspects including its impact on the people. This is actually apparent in many previous decisions of the government, the only difference is that the government then was too arrogant to acknowledge their mistake publicly. Hopefully in future, the government will not repeat such mistakes.

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