New speed cameras on Malaysian highways & roads soon

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The Automated Enforcement System (AES) could be catching speeding motorists as soon as next month.

AES contractor Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd chief executive office Iftikhar Mahmud said the Road Transport Department (JPJ) wanted the system to be ready before the Ops Sikap is launched for the Hari Raya festive period in mid-August.

"It will start about the time Ops Sikap is launched," he told reporters at a demonstration by the project's two contractors on how the AES functions.

The AES will use about 800 fixed and 500 portable cameras to monitor traffic in 831 "black spots" located along highways as well as state and federal roads.

The black spots have been identified by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) as having the highest number of fatal accidents.

About 200 of the fixed cameras will be installed at traffic light junctions, including those in housing areas.

The two portable speed trap cameras demonstrated yesterday were radar based and can detect cars anywhere across a four-lane carriageway.