KUALA LUMPUR, 28 November 2020: In the time it takes you to read this news, your vehicle could be one of more than 3,665 reported stolen vehicle according to statistics 1H2020 from Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC), with keyless vehicle theft technology your car is gone in 10 seconds, in which a car can be broken into in just 10 seconds, left the motorist in tears.
Even an inexperience vehicle thief can steal certain kind of vehicle in bout few seconds if the vehicles owners or riders careless to protect their vehicles. Protecting your vehicle is easy and not as difficult as you thought. Help yourself to secure your vehicle such as never leave your key in the ignition, avoid parking at the unsafe area, hide your key fob, cover your vehicle or use extra lock such as steering lock or secure your bike with lock taut to an immovable object such as a ground anchor or street furniture, the light pole for an instant.
Once vehicles being stolen, then what next? Involvement in a road traffic accident? Really? How? Cloned vehicle? Cut-and-joined vehicle? What is the relationship between vehicle theft and road traffic accident? All these will be answered in a live webinar entitled “Strategic Prevention of Road Traffic Accident and vehicle Theft” organised by Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC) with the collaboration of Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) and Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM).
It is open to the public by logging in to https://bit.ly/RTAandVehicleTheftWebinar. The Moderator and Panellists are as follows:
The Moderator:
YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr Ahmad Farhan bin Mohd Sadullah, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic and International, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
The Panellists:
- Tuan ACP Shahrum bin Hashim, Ketua Urus Setia, Jabatan Siasatan dan Penguatkuasaan Trafik, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), Bukit Aman.
- Tuan Mohd Edir bin Sanip, Penolong Pengarah, Bahagian Penguatkuasaan, Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia (JPJ), Ibu Pejabat Putrajaya.
- Encik Zainudin bin Ishak, President and Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad.
- Puan Mas Tina Binti Abdul Hamid, Co-ordinator, Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC).
- Prof. Dr Krishnan Rajam, Chairman, Accident Prevention Committee, Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).
- Encik Zulhaidi bin Mohd Jawi, Director, Vehicle Safety and Biomechanics Research Centre, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS).
You are most welcome to disseminate and share the webinar with your networking and colleagues.
News: VTREC, 28.11.2020
