Much Ado About Saman
Saman aka summons aka tickets received from the police (PDRM) for road or traffic offences. Recently there’s a big hoo haa in Malaysia where motorists were offered 50% discount for their summons if they pay them on or before February 28, 2011. Malaysians love last minutes stuffs and a few days before the due date, they jammed the police stations, post offices and of course, MyEG, the government online portal.. The system simply collapsed and went into a coma..
As expected, the system was revived and the due date was extended to March 10, 2011. By now, the online payment mechanism might be already choking again..
While all of these are going on, I had a good laugh.. I am neither laughing at those who had to empty their pockets and pay the saman nor ROFLMAO.. It is more like a kinda cynical laugh.. Why?
I heard and I read how some people were angry, furious and dissatisfied that they were made to pay their saman. They were accusing the government of purposely trying to take away their money. The best were some of them who even refused to pay on the ground that they believe that all the money will eventually go into Rosmah’s pocket to fund her shopping sprees.. My goodness! How lame can that be. Even if that were true, what has that got to do with paying for offences that they had committed against the law?
If somebody in the government took that money, that would be wrong. For breaking the law by speeding, beating the traffic lights, passing on the double line and other traffic offences are wrong things to do as well. Two wrongs don’t make a right!
To the traffic offenders, think about what you had done. Politics has got nothing to do with your saman.. You broke the law and therefore, you deserved it. I am sure that while you were driving, you would have seen signboards that say, “Speed Kills!” or “Kelajuan Membunuh!” Those signs would never say “Cow Kills” or “Zombie Kampung Pisang Kills” or “Hantu Kak Limah Kills”. It is your reckless driving that could lead to accidents and kill yourself or others.. Didn’t that ever got into your head..
So, just pay your saman and drive or ride nicely from now on. Think about others who need to use the road to go to work, do things to support their families or simply have fun driving around.. And if you think that the government is enjoying making money from the summons, then, it is your own fault..
Don’t forget, check and pay before or on March10, 2011 and peace!







vviisshhnnuu
sape yang tak bayar cepat2 lar bayor…
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Papa Bear
cepat2 nanti jam lagi
vviisshhnnuu
yah2…. no extending the period anymore!!
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apak cikidong
apak tak bayor lagi… rm30 jerr hihihi
Papa Bear
simpan je la, mana tau nanti gomen bagi dividend pulak..
Sabahan Bloggers Club
Hahahahahahaha…. Malaysian are last minute community…..
Everything we want to do it last minute. Just love to works on our adrenaline. No wonder we have too much heart attack cases.
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Papa Bear
you betcha! and then we are used to the fact that discounts are given last minute
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bungaoren
Saya ada terima surat saman tu.. memang cepat2 pegi bayar, boleh dapat 50% less kan..
So lenkali jangan bawak keter laju2 kalu takut / ingat duit dalam poket kita masuk ke dalam poket orang lain..
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Papa Bear
ya betul.. ikut undang2 tak yah risau duit gi poket sapa
isabelle
kumpul byk2 saman tu…dgn hrpn jadi sikit le kunun. hahaha
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Papa Bear
dulu2 boleh jadi sikit sebab masa tu boleh dapat discount. now dah tak de lagi. katanya..
Amry
sound like papabear is a discipline one and obey the law. Good
still have 2 summons need to settle. luckily expired date extended. have to wait till march 7, pay out
Papa Bear
dulu2 selalu juga speeding tapi bila dah ada family, thinking pun dah lain la…
Amry
saya kalau bawa sendiri kadang speeding gak. tapi kalau ada passenger, bawak slow jer. takut orang tu takut n jadi apa2. apa2 biar sendiri jer yang tanggung
Papa Bear
walaupun bawak sendiri tetapi kalau terlanggar orang lain kan susah jugak tu?
meo
baru kena bayar 300 lebih baru2 nie utk clearkan saman utk renew roadtax… harharharharunsalimbachik
Papa Bear
banyak tuh..
airaniez
Saya ada banyak saman parking.sebab opis saya satu row dengan JPJ.JPJ pun tak tolong banyakkan parking..=(
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Papa Bear
sama ngan opis saya. tapi dari kena saman, so sayan park la jauh sket..
ahmadhaikal
never got saman. Hehe..:)
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Papa Bear
good boy!
mie
rasanya xde saman..
malas pula nak bayar..
ehheeee
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Papa Bear
kalau tak de tak yah la risau
mie
tapi risau tetap ada..
untuk yang kena saman…
mula la nak pinjam meminjam..
eheehee
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Papa Bear
jangan bagi!
cheqna
Good one..sometimes we are too busy pointing fingers at others.
In this saman case, u r right..shouldn’t speed or break d law in d first place…ni tak..bangga dapat speed kat highway, wayyyy over the limit..tak terfikir pasal keselamatan diri n keluarga, apatah lagi orang lain.
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Papa Bear
exactly the point I wanted to make. Thanks cheqna!
Huda Cah Pucanglaban
Boleh ikutn nimbrung nih sob?
Papa Bear
boleh aja.. silakan..
mamahani
dah selesai semua saman…
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Papa Bear
sure lega kan?
thomas
I paid rm300 for a speeding ticket,no discount offered.
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Papa Bear
how come u did not get any discount. I thought u are supposed to get 50% off if paid during the given time?
TimmyLicious
Maybe his summon is during the ops sikap. Ops Sikap does not entitled to get any discount.
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Papa Bear
i see..
Behrad
I just have to double check; Do you really get 50% discount if you pay on time?
Cause last time when I received a ticket for speeding (just 5km’s too fast!) it was about €17. However they were so kind to charged me about €10 more for administrative costs so a total of €27 and guess what… NO discount!

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Papa Bear
before March 2011, that was the offer. After that no more discount. That’s what I read in the news..
Behrad
That’s really cool you know…. I wish they had something like that here as well!
Ok, not that I get tickets everyday but 50% discount is cool! =)
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Papa Bear
even with discounts, many are still not paying..
Behrad
Hmm… But this will make things much expensive… At least here. If you don’t pay on time then they’ll charge you again for sending you a letter + a penalty.
) and pay the price!
However, if you’ve got your self a tickets because you didn’t “behave” on the road; just be a man (or woman!
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Papa Bear
exactly. you broke the law, you pay..
iema
xpernah dapat saman sebab xpernah bawak kenderaan sendiri…
hihi
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Papa Bear
patut la..
decrewz
Harini last kan tuk bayar saman? Orang paling takut bila kena saman ekor.. Biasalah, banyak sgt plate palsu..
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Papa Bear
tapi tu kan boleh challenged and PDRM pun dah cakap memang boleh lawan kalau saman ekor tu..