The 1.7 million drivers blacklisted by the traffic police may end up with their driving licences revoked if they refuse to pay their outstanding traffic summonses.

In a press conference today, inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar announced this after saying he was unsatisfied with the overall result of Ops Selamat during the 15 days of Hari Raya enforcement, which recorded 17,831 accidents and 258 deaths.

“We will not wait until the next festive season, we want to take more aggressive enforcement action as soon as possible.

azlan “We will start with tracking the 1.7 million road users who have yet to clear their summonses,” he said, adding that the police may consider having their driving licences revoked.

“We have proposed that talks be held with the Land Public Transport Commission (Spad)  and the Road Transport Department (JPJ) to amend the law to do this.

“It seems without drastic action, they refuse to clear their summonses,” he said, urging those with outstanding summonses to clear them before action is taken upon them.

“All this while, those who are blacklisted can’t renew their licences and road tax..., but we want their licences revoked, too.

“We will initially be focusing on motorcyclists and commercial vehicle drivers, as we wish to discipline them first,” he said.

Khalid added that those speeding driver who are detained physically by the officers and issued a summons will be blacklisted when the payment period expires in three months’ time.

He added that the police will act drastically, especially on offences such as speeding, running red traffic lights and crossing double lines.

He opined that only full enforcement would make the drivers more responsible.

He said the drastic measure by the traffic police would be implemented soon, perhaps even at the beginning of next month.