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title: "All Bus Drivers & Passengers Must Wear Seat Belts From 1 July"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/all-bus-drivers-passengers-must-wear-seat-belts-from-1-july/
date: 2025-06-29
modified: 2025-06-29
lang: en
author: "Nanthini Suresh"
description: "Beginning 1 July 2025, all express and tour bus drivers and passengers must buckle up or risk being fined. From this coming Tuesday, 1 July, wearing seat belts will be..."
categories:
  - "Society"
tags:
  - "express bus"
  - "JPJ"
  - "rm300 fine"
  - "tour bus"
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# All Bus Drivers & Passengers Must Wear Seat Belts From 1 July

##### Beginning 1 July 2025, all express and tour bus drivers and passengers must buckle up or risk being fined.

From this coming Tuesday, 1 July, wearing seat belts will be compulsory for all drivers and passengers on express and tour buses.

Those who fail to comply will face a RM300 compound, according to JPJ Director-General Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli.

![Aedy Fadly during his attendance at the JPJ Setia Assembly at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan UMK](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/aedy-fadly-during-his-attendance-at-the-jpj-setia-assembly-at-universiti-malaysia-kelantan-umk.webp)Photo via [Kosmo!](https://www.kosmo.com.my/2025/06/29/pemandu-penumpang-bas-wajib-pakai-tali-pinggang-keledar-mulai-1-julai-ini/)

> **Previously, we took an advocacy approach, but starting this Tuesday, we will enforce it strictly,” he said.**

## Drivers & bus operators also liable

According to[ Kosmo!](https://www.kosmo.com.my/2025/06/29/pemandu-penumpang-bas-wajib-pakai-tali-pinggang-keledar-mulai-1-julai-ini/), explained that if a driver fails to remind passengers about the seat belt enforcement, the driver will also be fined and this includes action against the bus operating company.

## Grace period for older buses

Aedy Fadly added that the seat belt requirement applies to buses manufactured after January 2020, while those made before 2020 will be given a grace period to install seat belts.

> **JPJ is currently holding engagement sessions with industry players to install seat belts, and a directive will be issued soon,” he said.**

With this enforcement, JPJ aims to improve passenger safety, especially on long-distance and tour buses across Malaysia.

READ [ALSO](https://weirdkaya.com/203-bus-crashes-recorded-since-2023-in-msia-speeding-among-top-causes/):

https://weirdkaya.com/203-bus-crashes-recorded-since-2023-in-msia-speeding-among-top-causes/

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