Ops Sikap

Ops Sikap (Operation Attitude) (formerly Ops Statik) is a traffic safety operation carried out by the Royal Malaysian Police to ensure safety on all roads in Malaysia during festive seasons such as Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Christmas Day and Chinese New Year. This operation began in 2001 and also involves the collaboration of the Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ), Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) and the National Anti-Drugs Agency (NADA).

Main objective

Among the main objectives, including:

• to ensure safety on all roads in Malaysia during festive seasons.
• to reduce road accidents during festive seasons.
• to monitor all accident area prones in expressways, federal roads, state roads, municipal roads and other roads.

Measures

Among the steps taken during Ops Sikap, including:

• special monitoring of express bus
• monitoring using a patrol car is not marked and the observer in the police observation tower highway
• reduce speed limits on federal roads (90 km/h to 80 km/h) and state roads (80 km/h to 70 km/h)
• restrict heavy vehicles from the road on certain days

List of Ops Sikap operations

Year	Operation	Date in operation	Duration (days)	Festive season
2001	Ops Sikap I	9–23 December	14	Christmas Day
2002	Ops Sikap II	5–19 February	14	Chinese New Year
2002	Ops Sikap III	29 November - 13 December	13	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2003	Ops Sikap IV	25 January - 8 February	14	Chinese New Year
2003	Ops Sikap V	18 November - 2 December	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2004	Ops Sikap VI	15–29 January	14	Chinese New Year
2004	Ops Sikap VII	7–21 November	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali (Deeparaya)
2005	Ops Sikap VIII	2–16 February	13	Chinese New Year
2005	Ops Sikap IX	27 October - 10 November	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali (Deeparaya)
2006	Ops Sikap X	23 January - 6 February	14	Chinese New Year
2006	Ops Sikap XI	17–31 October	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali (Deeparaya)
2007	Ops Sikap XII	11–25 February	14	Chinese New Year
2007	Ops Sikap XIII	7–21 October	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2007	Ops Sikap XIV (Special)	6–11 November	4	Deepavali
2007- 2008	Ops Sikap XV	19 December - 2 January	14	Christmas Day and New Year's Day
2008	Ops Sikap XVI	31 January - 14 February	14	Chinese New Year
2008	Ops Sikap XVII	24 September - 8 October	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2008	Ops Sikap XVIII (Special)	24–29 October	5	Deepavali
2009	Ops Sikap XIX	19 January - 2 February	14	Chinese New Year
2009	Ops Sikap XX	24–29 October	5	Hari Raya Puasa
2010	Ops Sikap XXI	7–21 February	14	Chinese New Year
2010	Ops Sikap XXII	1–16 September	22	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Malaysia Day (Merdeka Raya)
2011	Ops Sikap XXIII			Chinese New Year
2011	Ops Sikap XXIV			Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Merdeka Day (Merdeka Raya)

See also

• Malaysians Unite For Road Safety

External links

• Royal Malaysian Police Force