Expert, consumer group trash ‘irrelevant’ call to cap vehicle lifespan

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KUALA LUMPUR – Experts have criticised a proposal to cap vehicle lifespans and dispose of them after 10 years as a policy the country is largely unprepared for, calling it “irrelevant” within the context of infrastructure development.

Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Road Safety Department director Law Teik Hua said the recent proposal to dispose of old cars, put forward by a group of researchers from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as a measure to alleviate traffic congestion, is not new.

He said such policies have been implemented years ago in countries such as Japan and Singapore, which have seen reduced traffic congestion.

“However, when we speak about the issue in our country, we are still unprepared to implement the proposal. What alternatives are being offered to the owners of old cars?

“If it was in Japan or Singapore, they would have developed an efficient public transport system, but we have yet to achieve this,” he told The Vibes’ Bahasa Malaysia sister portal Getaran.

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