The government says it plans to increase the number of Automated Awareness Safety System (AWAS) cameras, specifically added at accident-prone locations in order to improve road safety and reduce the accident rate, Bernama reports.
The proposal for the growth in camera numbers is at the review stage, and the government is also reassessing the locations of the cameras for better effectiveness by updating their list of accident-prone areas based on the latest data. Currently, 45 AWAS cameras are in operation nationwide. Of the 45 cameras, 29 are used for monitoring speed limit offences, while the remaining 16 are for traffic light regulation.
“Additional cameras will be installed. The installation costs and camera operations will only be determined when they are installed,” deputy transport minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar said in response to a question regarding the cost of purchase, installation and maintenance of the AWAS cameras, and how much in fines have been collected so far.
The government had collected RM5,726,400 from 163,986 summonses issued between September 1, 2018 and April 17 this year, the former date being the commencement of AWAS enforcement.
To recap, AWAS will police for two offences – running the red light and speeding. A traffic light offence carries the penalty of four demerit points for private passenger vehicles and motorcycles, and six demerit points for buses and goods delivery vehicles.
Meanwhile, exceeding the posted speed limit by between one km/h to 25 km/h carry two points and four points respectively, while speeding offences of 25 km/h to 40 km/h above the posted limit will carry a penalty of three points and five points respectively. Finally, offences more than 40 km/h above the posted limit carry four points and six points respectively.
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Can we go one up by installing camera to catch people jumping que?
Caught by speed camera seems like receiving an award to Malaysian driver. Ever notice how they brag about the speed they are caught?
Lots of dialoug example;
1.P2 driver-Haritu aku tgh rilek je kat highway, sekali ade satu Saga ni dtg laju je dari belakang trus cucuk aku.Aku pun tekan lah, trus tapau Saga tu…dia x boleh ikut kat 180kmh. Kereta aku x goyang, boleh pegi lagi.
2.P1 driver-Aku berambat dgn Honda/Toyota/VW aritu. Mula2 dia dkat dpan tp ble aku jejak 180kmh dia x bleh pegi lagi. Pucat muka driver depan tu.
3.Normal not high performance-Kat highway aritu saja test kereta ni.Laju btul, tak rase goyang pn. These type of people normally MPV drivers and includes category 1&2.
Different story with high performance driver. They will be angry when getting caught by speed camera. They will pay the fine and then make it a mission to get caught at ridiculus speed.
Law abiding drivers and AWAS enforcement improved road safety and reduce the accident rate. Safe driving guys!
Still waiting for their promise to remove all AES cameras. Another broken promise in a long list of broken PH promises.
government needs money
No point if they are just going to waive the summons whenever GE or PRK comes.
Do we actually know how slow is 110km/hr driving on the highway?
They milked and spinned the AES issue back then, yet now they are making a profit out of it. Hypocrite!!!
Well to be exact, now the right party is making profit out of it.
Absolutely. Coz history is written by the winners.
no thank you
Thank you soooooooo much.
I foresee door-to-door arrests soon to force the public pay up fines… or stopped on highway whenever the police runs a plate on their system…
This time the corruption will be like having an expensive buffet breakfast every morning.
AWAS camera cannot kawtim with kopi marney…..
To all PH supporter— all of you just a bloody dumb
Agreed
Personally I’m not pro or against the AWAS cameras, but logically speaking, if you don’t speed and abide all traffic rules, there’s nothing to worry about right? You speed, you pay. You don’t speed, you don’t pay. Simple as that.