The Automated Enforcement System (AES) has proven to be effective in reducing fatal road accidents since its implementation in 2012. Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said fatal accidents gone down substantially in 14 locations where AES was installed, The Sun reports.
“In 14 locations where the AES was installed, the number of fatal road accidents were reduced from 19 cases to 12 cases within eight months. A reduction of seven cases or 36.84%. Road Safety Research (Miros) also showed that the rate of drivers following the speed limit improved from 63% to 91% after AES was implemented,” he told the Dewan Negara yesterday.
Answering Senator Datuk Ng Chiang Chin, Abdul Aziz said the government will continue to expand the AES, which will be rebranded as the Automated Awareness Safety System (AWAS), and merge it with the Kejara demerit system.
When met at the Parliament lobby later, he told reporters that the government is confident that AWAS will improve road safety due to its 24-hour enforcement capability. He also explained that road users, including motorcyclists, will be given demerit points based on the severity of their offences. Once a user has over 20 points, his or her license will be suspended and it will be cancelled entirely if the user breaches 40 points.
Meanwhile, the fee for the service provider of AWAS, the Armed Forces Fund Board (Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera, LTAT), is still being negotiated, the Senate was told. Abdul Aziz said the negotiation took into account the acquisition by LTAT and its subsidiary of the system formerly known as AES.
“All costs related to the development and operation of the system, and its infrastructure, are borne by LTAT. Negotiation on the fee between LTAT and the Finance Ministry is in progress and to date, the ministry has not yet been told what it is,” he said.
We’ve heard much about the revived AES, Kejara and AWAS, but when will it be starting? It was originally supposed to begin in May, but the latest word is that it will all start in August, after the Hari Raya holidays.
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Government still has not answered why the two Sdn Bhd charged the Government RM500 million for the initial cameras. This worked out to RM1 million per camera. Even an advanced DSLR camera is RM3k. How can a caplang AES camera cost RM1 million each? And our Government paid this amount to these 2 companies.
In a projected study, it was shown, assuming 10% of cars are summoned using the AES system in a given year, these two companies, which are Sdn Bhds are estimated to earn RM10 billion each from their share of the saman after they give the bulk percentage to LHDN and PDRM.
Even our listed Bursa companies don’t earn clean profit of RM10 billion each per year. Who owns these companies???
thats because… no good govt deal is without millions/billions involved… thats because we are advance country that is.
it is also obvious the costs will NEVER be recovered…
OMG…WTH…STOP wasting our taxpayer money..plss
Dont talk about this system. Everyday, thousands of motorbikes beat the red light. Most of them beat the lights infront of many polis officers manning junctions. Even the current cameras keep on flashing.
Do they even get a single saman?
the answer is NO.
Do you think the AES will saman these motorbikes who cause major accidents beating the red light?
wow…so effective…not
Speed Limit : 25 KPH
My baby can roll even faster than that…
That 25KPH is during demo la..
Speed Limit : 25KPH
My baby can even roll than that…Hmm….
25kph….. Kalu macam ni, trekta bapak aku pun boleh sangkut…..
End of the day the rakyat will pay hundreds of million of compensation to thd new operator
nego, nego, nego…..but actually thinking of “must sama-sama untung by squeezing money from rakyat, You scratch my back, I scratch your back, OK?? Cronies and the gang…
“The Automated Enforcement System (AES) has proven to be effective in reducing fatal road accidents since its implementation in 2012” It’s like I’m telling everyone I’m handsome, please worship me like those korean guy….in fact I look like Ahmad Maslan.
sebelum digantung dan dibatalkan lesen tu.. mula2 jadikan lesen tanpa tempoh. orang yang dah lulus ujian memandu layak dapat lesen tanpa perlu diperbaharui. baru la penguatkuasa ada hak untuk batal atau gantung.
Frum my experience driving daily in KV, almost 90% of todays’s drivers are either incompetent, recklessly dumb or show offs…tthey caused accidents by changing lanes without any warning, overtaking at corners and bends, Braking suddenly and taipgating, parking whenever theylike blockingother motorist view, the sad thing is these fools are seldom caught and got away AFTeR causing fatal accidents as enforcements mostly concentrate on speedsters and those not wearing seatbelts etc
Alahai negarakuku. Hal kecik camera pun tak habis habis settle. Jangan harap boleh settle kes besar.
Memang sakit hati tengok beruk yang memerintah.
There are speed camera defeat device ready available in the market i.e. High powered LEDs aka laser array which can permanently blinds the camera cmos ccd.