In November 2014, it was announced that The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) was to employ an Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system to identify vehicles with foreign registration plates with unsettled summonses. Now, said system is set to be installed at nine locations at the Malaysian border and is expected to be operational by August, Bernama understands.
“At least, 20 units of ANPR worth RM30 million will used to track down traffic offenders in the first phase. We are in the process of buying the scanner,” commented Bukit Aman Traffic Police staff officer, Supt. Zulkifli Yahya. “ANPR, using technology from the USA, will be widely used in states bordering neighbouring countries, including to track down foreign nationals with outstanding traffic summonses,” he added.
The scanners, installed in patrol vehicles, will allow police officers to act immediately on traffic offenders. Additionally, the system will also aid police officers in tracking down vehicles involved in other criminal activities as well as stolen units.
An ANPR operation on Friday in Johor Bahru resulted in a total of 4,200 outstanding speeding summonses collected from Singaporean motorists – it was reported that a sizeable chunk of it was for speed-related offences. Since 2010, more than 700,000 traffic offences have been issued to foreign vehicles, with Singaporean units making up 500,000 of the total figure.
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Actually it is not difficult to track foreign cars. While the customs officer checking on passports, another guy can just key in the number and check online. Why introduce IT system when it can be done manually?
It will be difficult if you need an officer taking care of the CAM manually. I don’t think the officer can be “100% awaken and accurate” all the time. Day-and-night.
RM3 mils system need to spend RM30mils.
Well done!
3mil become 30mil…
Malaysia Boleh!
Standing there check using hp manually and check in office after the machine send in feeedback. Same effecient, and doeesn’t seems there’s any faster from the machine system
Good suggestion. So simple the solution. So it is clear some UMNO corny wants to pocket the RM30 million
Sure some UMNO guy will get this contract.
RM30m?!?!??
Somebody wants to makan the RM30 million. Singapore does it so simple. When you give your passport and car number, they just check their database for any saman. So, you cannot go in or out of Singapore without paying up your saman.
This is VERY clear somebody got the contrat to supply these cameras and going to makan the RM30 mil
Speaking of foreign number plates, I have a few doubts:
1. Are foreign plates required to conform to our JPJ “no fancy plate” rule?
2. How we could differentiate between Brunei plates and Selangor plates, since they too start with the prefix “BXX”. The scanner can tell the difference?
3. Would you consider vehicle carrying Thai number plate as “fancy”? since it is probably harder to comprehend.
“The said system is installed at nine locations…” vs “the scanner, installed in patrol vehicles…” how does that work really?
Those manning the cameras all tidur how? Once makan nasi lemak they get tired and go to sleep. Very typical. Then instead of looking at the screen, they all makan kuih lapis and minum the Tarik.
If our control tower can miss MAS flight because the officer tidur, what more this control tower?
“An ANPR operation on Friday in Johor Bahru resulted in a total of 4,200 outstanding speeding summonses collected from Singaporean motorists – it was reported that a sizeable chunk of it was for speed-related offences. Since 2010, more than 700,000 traffic offences have been issued to foreign vehicles, with Singaporean units making up 500,000 of the total figure.”
Amazing figure from singaporean :p
So if you are singaporean, and wish to buy a second hand car, you got to check with JPJ got outstanding summon or not first.
They just fined the whole island of Singapore!
Singapore has only less than 30,000 registrations for the past 4 years.
We always have wonderful figures to buy expensive equipment.
https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltaweb/corp/PublicationsResearch/files/FactsandFigures/MVP02-2_New_Cars_by_make.pdf
Well…1 car could have multiple Saman.
A RM 30 million ANPR system to track foreign-registered vehicles at our borders? WTH. Use ANPR to monitor our own vehicles first to reduce automotive-related crimes. Chances are higher to trace and recover stolen vehicles as well as track those who are blacklisted, have tons of summonses and flagged vehicles driven by criminals.
Somebody want to make RM30 million lah. At immigresion just check the number plate lah and run it through the computer
sigh.. like msian got money to pay.. even give discount also they will not pay.. unlike sgporean, one time kene pull over straight away pay..
Wow, I’m proud of my son. $30mil for 20 units of ANPR. $1.5mil per unit … who’s going to take care of these gadgets … he got issue installing app to his own smartphone.
So how much the foreigner owe the traffic summon? RM3 mil?
If they owe RM3 Mil, and our brilliant officer want to invest RM30 mil in equipment so that they can collect back the RM3 mil fine?
Just make the trip in and out of CIQ more jam…. Better they set road blocks and just scan at traffic light and flag those cars at traffic light.
WTH~ RM 30mil for 20unit? those ANPR Camera is cost RM5000 max per unit. The ANPR fail to implement in Malaysia is because our car plate is not standardise. So the system difficult to implement. Stupid government ~
Spend 30mil… Didn’t use it to track automotive crimes but instead use this to check for motoring offenses… Great idea…