KPX: The Land Transport Safety Expert
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- Last Updated on Friday, 05 September 2014 02:20
Mohd Najeeb Rosli and his business partner Atan Othman set up KPX Sdn Bhd 7 years ago with noble aims; to help the local land transport industry achieve zero accident through instilling a commitment and motivation to safety, not just driving skills.
"I have always been passionate about road safety. Before we set up the company, we had been actively involved in driving and promoting essential road safety consultancy and training for drivers and trainers for more than 15 years.
Our stratergic fundamental concept in delivering road safety consultancy and driver's training is based on the perventive, safe and defensive approach," said Najeeb, who is currently holding position of consultant in the company.
For a number of years, Najeeb said, many countries had adopted a basic test of driving compentency in which the required pass standards or competency tended to focus on safety technics for managing vehicle cotrol and making safe and controlled progress. Once the driver had passed the initial competency test, the never needed to prove their driving ability again. Yet, research had found that almost half of the experienced drivers would not pass basic safety test if they had to retake it today.
95 per cent of road accidents are due to driver errors
"Vehicles are subjected to an annual test to ensure that they remain mechanically fit for use on road. Statistics show that mechanical defects cause fewer than 3 per cent of road crashes. While drivers' errors and omissions are the main cause of more than 95 per cent of road accidents, drivers do not have to prove that they are fit for the roads. All road users are exposed to the same degree of risk but those driving for a living are almost 3 times as likely to have a crash than the odinary drivers. Based on the experience in the UK and Europe, the drivers who have undergone some post-test driver".
Source: Truck & Bus! (Issue 2014/3)