Transport consultant: Were previous task forces' findings ever made public?
KUALA LUMPUR: A transport consultant has criticised the authorities for failing to make public the findings and recommendations of task forces set up in response to major road accidents.
Wan Agyl Wan Hassan questioned the usefulness of such committees, citing a lack of transparency and follow-through.
This comes following reports that a task force will be set up to investigate the accident that killed nine Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) members in Teluk Intan on Tuesday.
"We have been here before. Every time there's an accident, we hear promises that a task force will be set up," Wan Agyl told the New Straits Times.
He cited task forces formed after the 2013 Genting Highlands bus crash, which killed 37 people, and the 2024 Ayer Keroh crash, which left seven dead and 33 injured.
"What happened to those task forces? Were the findings ever made public? Were they even completed?
"I don't think so. Most of us have never seen any reports, no press conferences explaining what happened, no honest updates. Just silence."
Wan Agyl said the real questions were whether Malaysian roads had become safer, whether dangerous lorries had been taken off roads and whether company owners cutting corners were being held accountable.
"We don't see the results. We keep waking up to news of more accidents, more deaths and condolence messages."
He said the continued presence of unfit drivers and poorly maintained lorries on the road, despite strict regulations, raised questions over enforcement and corruption.
Wan Agyl said the country did not need another task force, but rather the resolution of long-known systemic issues.
"A lot of the time, the driver takes the blame but the problem does not boil down to just one person.
"It is systemic. From the failure to ensure vehicle roadworthiness or assess a driver's fitness, to the lack of enforcement and the accountability of transport company owners.
"If we don't resolve these issues, we will keep seeing more and more accidents," he added.
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