Digital vehicle licence plates will help prevent car theft, reduce congestion at toll plazas – road safety experts

Digital vehicle licence plates will help prevent car theft, reduce congestion at toll plazas – road safety experts

The e-plate system for digital vehicle licence plates will not only help reduce congestion at highway toll plazas, but also help to curb vehicle theft, The Star has quoted experts as saying.

The digital vehicle licence plates will help improve enforcement measures as personnel at roadblocks will only need to scan the digital plate to retrieve the vehicle owner’s details, said Universiti Putra Malaysia associate professor Law Teik Hua.

These will make enforcement personnel’s work easier while also possibly reducing traffic congestion, as the chips in the digital plates will be linked to the vehicle registration system which cannot be changed by the user, thus improve vehicle security, Law added.

Digital vehicle licence plates will help prevent car theft, reduce congestion at toll plazas – road safety experts

“The government should engage with car manufacturers to work towards this. Having built-in chip in car plates will also increase the radio frequency identification (RFID) device adoption rate,” said Law, who is the head of the Road Safety Research Centre at UPM.

Digital plates could also curb vehicle-related crimes, according to Malaysia Road & Transportation Safety Association president Nik Mohd Salim. “In some countries, toll gates will not open if the [number] plates and vehicle types do not match,” he said, adding that the e-plates can help authorities trace stolen vehicles if they enter areas which require the use of digital plates.

Additionally, “e-plates will also allow the nation to gradually move towards the MLFF toll system,” the association president said. Earlier this week, works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said that a proof of concept (POC) for MLFF will be conducted before the end of October 2023 before it is implemented for all highways in Malaysia.

Digital vehicle licence plates will help prevent car theft, reduce congestion at toll plazas – road safety experts

On the other hand, one challenge that will face the roll-out of digital vehicle licence plates is privacy concerns for potential data breaches. As digital plate-equipped vehicles are used, their data including travel history will be uploaded to an online database, and anyone with access will be able to find out where the vehicle has been, Law said.

The topic of standardised licence plates in Malaysia dates back a number of years. The road transport department (JPJ) stated in 2016 that is was aiming to have a standardised licence plate system in place by 2017.

A similar idea was mooted in 2017 where the licence plate would have an embedded chip containing information on the vehicle owner and driver, as well as vehicle details such as the engine and chassis numbers plus the colour and model. Subsequently, the police proposed e-plates in 2021 with the aim of standardising the identification of all vehicles in the country.

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Comments

  • drbhicomuniversity on Mar 24, 2023 at 6:10 pm

    so what happens in a hit and run? scan code?

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    • DonkeyKong on Mar 26, 2023 at 9:38 am

      What happens in hit-and-run cases today? Is there some mechanism in place? No? Then what has it got to do with smart number plates?

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  • Ah Bang on Mar 24, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    By using RFID implementation… sure a lot of clone car.

    Use flipper zero everything is possible.

    Don’t know what is flipper zero? Google it Bro!!!

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    • Hafiz Hashim on Mar 25, 2023 at 3:10 pm

      if really go digital. Then how Jpj gonna kutip hasil from Nombor plet fancy… macam nomor kita PAS 8481 :))

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  • Really works? on Mar 24, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    Who is the company providing this? How long does that technology last? What is the continuing cost for the car owner, etc etc… today it is one time cost. Future, this might cost two arms and two legs… like the technology upgrade dislike the cost especially when it goes to someone elses’ pockets!

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    • YB Kinte Kunte on Mar 25, 2023 at 8:30 pm

      Definitely wont be any company from the” Arab “group whose empire is being dismantled bit by bit by maverick PM.
      The days of monopolies are nearing total LOCKDOWN n SHUTDOWN.
      Hidup rakyat Malaysia.

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  • Li Peng on Mar 24, 2023 at 8:13 pm

    “will only need to scan the digital plate to retrieve the vehicle owner’s details”
    And today, the police would only have to scan the chassis number behind the windscreen to retrieve the owners details? This is how the police in other countries find out i.e. if the car is stolen, doesn’t have insurance or doesn’t have valid road tax? So what is the advantage of RFID plates?

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    • Gomorrah on Mar 24, 2023 at 9:40 pm

      These people are obsessed with RFID la…must be some secret cash cow for them. Already data protection in this country is a joke, lagi want to add another digital system tied in to owners details, VIN number etc etc. As pointed out above, other countries can do this without RFID, why Malaysia so gatal to have RFID?

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  • Perusahaan Sampan Nasional on Mar 24, 2023 at 10:26 pm

    Meanwhile UAE has world first Digital Plate aka LCD Plate…..

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    • Dubai Expat Associates on Mar 25, 2023 at 11:21 am

      https://paultan.org/2018/04/12/dubai-to-introduce-digital-vehicle-license-plate-report/

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    • hazri on Mar 27, 2023 at 4:05 pm

      uae dubai all drive lambo, ferrari, mclaren, amg, porshce. dont even care alphard kotak keranda mesin basuh.

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  • Brian Ong on Mar 25, 2023 at 11:24 am

    Keep the profanity to yourself

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  • Commentators above suffering Mental Health Issues on Mar 25, 2023 at 11:25 am

    Don’t ever skipped medication, befriender is always welcome to assist you.

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  • DonkeyKong on Mar 25, 2023 at 11:30 am

    Another upside of this is an end to all those annoying “fancy plates” nonsense. However, without enforcement, all this will be for naught.

    Enforcement mustn’t be a slap on the wrist either. Vehicles with fake plates or cloned plates should be seized for scrapping summarily. No mercy. Otherwise what’s the point of implementing such a rigid and strict number plate system?

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  • M50B25 on Mar 25, 2023 at 12:52 pm

    I think this fellow runs a fancy number plate accessory shop. Angry coz he kennot cari makan by charging mark up prices RM150 per plate

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  • bieight8 on Mar 25, 2023 at 3:11 pm

    Rfid sticker cost 35 is daylight robbery

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  • Proton The Best In Malaysia on Mar 25, 2023 at 5:55 pm

    Dear Loke, how about my 33 years old Proton Saga ?

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  • Maybe those in charge are in cahoots with car theft syndicates. Delay or prevent new ideas implemented.

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  • Susukotak on Mar 26, 2023 at 3:14 pm

    Cheap & reliable tech available but aiming for other just to show off?

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  • Just standardise all vehicles plate, distributed by JPJ or government, if they are the same. It can’t be replace outside of government department, or else fines will be issued. Weird fonts noticed on the road, with unreadable numbers and alphabet. If possible, road tax could be paid online with account numbers of the driver’s detail, linking to all their personal details.

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  • newme on Mar 27, 2023 at 8:57 am

    License plate maker will make big bucks. How much license plate will cost then? Another lose for the people.

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  • Laugh on Mar 27, 2023 at 11:23 am

    Said by WHO????

    Gosh, no wonder the education system is failing and our local grads quality.

    So much wanna say but no point talking to idiots.

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  • ujinboi on Mar 27, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    Install at all traffic lights too to catch errant and reckless drivers that always BEAT THE RED LIGHTS. They really want to commit suicide and endanger other careful road users. They want to KAMIKAZE but please don’t make it dangerous to other people!

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