Minister of Transport and InfoCommunications Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha launched the e-book Highway Code and Public Bus Transportation Survey at the Brunei Smart Mobility Expo 2023 at the Bridex Hall in Jerudong yesterday.
The e-book Highway Code is the electronic form of the latest edition of the highway guide code which comprises five sections: road signage, traffic signs, road traffic signals, Road Traffic Act and regulations as well as driving regulations and driver’s conduct.
The e-book aims to update the content as well as be a source of reference and learning with the updated information.
The Land Transport Department (JPD) will implement the use of the latest edition of the Highway Code in stages. In the initial stage, it will be distributed to driving schools and later for the public to access by the first quarter of 2024.
Meanwhile, the Public Bus Transportation Survey is an initiative by the MTIC and JPD to obtain views and input from stakeholders toward establishing long-term strategy in creating an efficient connectivity system, and easily accessible to facilitate the mobility of every level of the people and population.
Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah as well as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC) Ir Haji Mohammad Nazri bin Haji Mohammad Yusof as member of the National Road Safety Council (MKKJR), Deputy Permanent Secretary (Transport) at the MTIC Haji Mohd Salihin bin Haji Aspar as the Secretary of MKKJR and Brunei Shell Marketing Company Sdn Bhd (BSM) Managing Director Muhammad Norshafiee bin Dato Paduka Haji Abdul Jalil also attended the launch at the MTIC and MKKJR exhibition booth.
At the exhibition, the Cabinet ministers also witnessed a livefeed of Smart Mobility Operation Cloud (SMOC) that can provide information including the whereabouts and movement of a bus instantly, the estimated time of bus arrival at bus stop and statistics of bus passengers as well as its route.
SMOC is one of the passenger bus information system pilot project launched on December 3, 2022 with the cooperation of the MTIC, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and JPD through Smart City programme supported by ASEAN Mutual Partnership (Smart JAMP) under ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN).
Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary, who is the chair of the MKKJR, took a closer look at the efforts of MKKJR in increasing safety aspects of road users.
Among them are safety activities focused on using technology implemented by the Road Safety Council Action Groups, namely Technical Action Groups and Infrastructure (KTTI); Research and Development Action Group (KTPP); Media and Empowerment Action Group (KTMP); and Legal Action and Enforcement Group (KTUP) throughout the year 2023 towards achieving the Vision of MKKJR which is ‘Zero Road Accident Fatality’. – James Kon
