It's been 7 months I've been driving up and down, left and right in the city. Never met any JPJ roadblocks till yesterday. Wait, yes - there was one police roadblock during the famous protest not too long ago.Yesterday and today (yes, on merdeka day) I came across 2 roadblocks by the JPJ/traffic police looking at the car's roadtax. Not during the day, not on highways. Both of the "operasi" were at night at the small neighbourhood roads near residential areas and eating stalls where there isn't any commercial vehicles at all. They waved my car through after flashing their torchlight at my road tax, on both days.
Why are the JPJ people interested to do checks near residential areas and at night? And on public holidays when traffic is minimal? Surely the chances of spotting expired road taxes is extremely low given the dismal amount of traffic.
Ah...but it's 3 weeks before a major national holiday...."Ang pau" and "green pau" comes to mind. Everyone can do with a little extra income. Am I being cynical?
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