The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) held a ground breaking ceremony today for its upcoming Technology Test Track (MT3) located in Sepang, with the aim of spearheading the development of safer vehicles in the Asean region, according to a statement by transport minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong.
The establishment of a centre of excellence for active and passive safety research on vehicles is a key area in the Malaysian Road Safety Plan 2022-2030, and the development of the MT3 test facility is hoped to attract private parties and other agencies to work with MIROS in order for vehicles to meet safety specifications, said the transport minister in his speech at the ground-breaking ceremony, The Star reported.
Located near the Sepang International Circuit, the MT3 is comprised of a one km-long facility, and it will be a pioneer for various tests for active and passive safety systems on vehicles to be sold in Malaysia as well as in the Southeast Asia region.
According to the illustrations in pictures from the ministry of transport, systems that will be tested at the upcoming MT3 facility include blind spot detection, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), motorcycle detection, intelligent rear view mirror, automatic high beam, ABS and ESC as well as tests for brake performance, tyres and wheels, speedometer and steering equipment.
For motorcycles, there will also be the evaluation of rider crash protective devices, and for roadside equipment, there will also be tests for guardrails and road furniture, as well as the calibration of AWAS (Automated Awareness Safety System) devices.
Construction of the test facility will use MIROS’ own funds, and its existing headquarters in Kajang will be relocated to the same site as the upcoming test facility through government funding, next to a new vehicle crash test facility, according to information from a MIROS presentation last year.
In 2020, MIROS conducted development tests for AEB systems in preparation for the latest Asean NCAP protocol which took effect January 2021.
This introduced the assessment of AEB on two fronts; AEB City, which tests systems by driving a vehicle forward at 10-60 km/h towards a stationary vehicle, and AEB Intra-Urban, which drives a vehicle forward at 30-60 km/h towards another vehicle travelling in the same direction at a constant speed.
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Can’t even make a law to mandate cars manufacturer like VW to have AEB and now this?
I question why this isn’t being built at their existing Kajang site
Kajang is now a residence for some VVIP
Merely just reusing the same residence for a VVIP since 1998.
Their current site is a shop lot building. This is a 1km long test facility my friend.
Puspakom should use this to test Lorry ADAS AEB, Blind Spot, 360cam, etc.
Will the facility equipped with a direct hotline to Tanjung Malim in case their car score 1 star so that they can send an improved non-production car for retest?
Unfortunately their facility is nearer to Sg Choh Rawang than Tg Malim. You know, in case they want to “review” their results prior to making “corrections” that sorta thing.
MIROS should wean themselves off relying on sponsorships by certain car brands. The integrity of their results is brought to question when Ar-z G is used for testing to represent the whole Ar-z lineup when in fact nobody can buy Ar-z G spec as this never existed! It is obvious MIROS were forced to take in this unusual arrangement as they cannot displease their patron but that would call to questions results of other cars from that same brand. A recent test of that said brand’s newly launched car showed clear crumpling of the Apillar which should be a big NO but somehow it scored 5 Stars. How is that even possible?
We need some integrity and impartiality of these tests and the sampling should have followed EURONCAP methodology. Results there are unquestionable as they have no issues of patronage.
Objectively THINK SAFETY FIRST!