KUALA LUMPUR: THE Road Transport Department’s (RTD) revenues has increased from RM3.175 billion, RM3.326 billion and RM3.432 billion from 2011 to 2013, according to the Auditor- General’s Report Series 2 released today.
Its enforcement activities also recorded RM72.94 million, RM82.43 million and RM102.10 million respectively.
The enforcement activities had also achieved the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in 3 out of 5 states visited.
Some weaknesses were outlined including restricted au thority relating to offences under the Land Public Transport Act 2010 and delay in preparing the investigation papers.
Enforcement activities on vehicles exempted from having International Circulation Permit could not be ascertained.
Records on operations (overload, integrated, motorcycles, director, bus terminal and festive seasons) were also not maintained while the mySIKAP system had also failed to generate reports.
The department was also advised to practice uniformity and effective enforcement by studying whether the offences under the Land Public Transport Act 2010 should be in corporated into Section 17 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
RTD should also look into the need to set up enforcement activities on foreign vehicles exempted from having the International Circulation Permit.
RTD was also urged to constantly update their records and information to ensure for efficient report management for mySIKAP.
