Wear Your Rear Seat Belts From June

Update 28 December 2008: Latest news on the enforcement of wearing seat belts in the rear from Star Online.

Update 22 July 2008: Looks like the enforcement date has been pushed to 1 January 2009. The government has yet to determine who to fine... the person not wearing the rear seat belt or the driver of the vehicle. Source: Star Online

The government will finally require rear passengers to wear seat belts from the beginning of June. However, summons will only be issued from August. This ruling only applies to cars that were registered after January 1995. This new road safety law is said to be able to prevent 350 road deaths a year.

Perodua Kancil and Kenari cars manufactured up till middle of 2004 will also be exempted as these cars were not built with rear seat belt facilities. Some of the models built between 2004 and 2005 have anchorage points but no seat belts. These owners will be given 3 years to install the seat belts.

Source: Star Online Nation "Kancil, Kenari exempted from rear seat belt ruling... for now"