Listen up, traffic offenders.
Starting Jan 1, 2026, traffic offenders will get bigger discounts the faster they settle their summonses, under a new joint approach by the police and the Road Transport Department (JPJ).
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the Cabinet had decided on Oct 17 to standardise rebate practices across both agencies to end confusion over differing discount campaigns.
“Special discount programmes will be replaced by the principle of ‘the less you delay, the less you pay’,” he told a joint press conference with Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in Parliament yesterday.
Under the new scale:
– Payment within 1–15 days: 50% discount
– Payment within 16–30 days: 33% discount
– Payment within 31–60 days: full compound applies
– After 61 days: cases proceed to court
The tiered rebates will not apply to serious offences, including driving without insurance, operating commercial vehicles without proper licences, or using falsified documents.
In the interim period, both agencies will run a final nationwide discount window from Nov 1 until Dec 31, offering 50%–70% off outstanding compounds before the new system begins.
Saifuddin said police discount drives between 2022 and September this year collected RM640 million in arrears, but RM6.6 billion remained unpaid. The Home Ministry and Transport Ministry will discuss further measures against persistent defaulters.
Officials said the unified structure is designed to encourage prompt settlement, improve compliance and remove the perception that penalties differ depending on which agency issued the summons.
