Point-to-point speed detection hasn't started yet, says ministry
PETALING JAYA : The road transport department (JPJ) has not started the trial of the point-to-point speed detection using the new Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas) cameras.
The office of transport minister Loke Siew Fook said no date had been set yet for the pilot project, which was supposed to start sometime this month.
It said updates on the trial would be announced in due course, Berita Harian reported.
JPJ is set to test the system on two main highways – the Karak Highway, from the Genting Sempah tunnel to the Gombak rest stop, and on the North-South Expressway (PLUS), from the Senawang toll plaza to the Simpang Ampat (Alor Gajah) toll plaza.
The department had also planned to introduce the system in accident-prone areas, such as from the Menora tunnel to the Sungai Perak rest stop on the PLUS highway.
The system, which uses artificial intelligence, would catch speeding drivers by measuring the time their vehicle took to travel between two points and then calculating its average speed.
If a vehicle reached a location earlier than if it kept to the speed limit, a traffic summons would be automatically issued based on the plate number.
Transport secretary-general M Jana Santhiran had said the system would also be able to determine if drivers stopped their vehicles to prolong their journey time and avoid being caught speeding, but did not elaborate how.
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