KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 – The automatic enforcement system (AES) will be extended to the whole country to reduce road accidents. Deputy Transport Minister, Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said the AES would be extended to the accident-prone locations identified in a study done by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros).
“Currently, we are still in discussion with the relevant parties to improve the terms of the AES agreement which takes into account the views and feedback from various quarters before it can be extended nationwide. “The AES is still on at 14 locations in Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya involving 10 static cameras and four mobile cameras,” he said in the Dewan Negara Wednesday in reply to a question from Senator Dr Ariffin S.M. Omar on developing and widening the AES service.
The AES was introduced to curb vehicles from exceeding the speed limit and beating the traffic lights through cameras installed along certain routes to reduce road accidents. Abdul Aziz said besides expanding the AES operation, the government was also drawing up a new implementation plan and operation model for the subsequent phase to enable it to be more inclusive and acceptable to the public.
To a supplementary question from Senator Chia Soong Cheng on enhancing the AES, he said the government would do rebranding to address public perception of the system being merely punitive. Through the rebranding, he added that the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) will be managing the static cameras while the Royal Malaysian Police will take over the mobile cameras after this.
