The ministry of transport has revealed the Automated Consciousness Security System (AWAS) incurs an annual upkeep price of RM15,491,876.58. This is available in a parliamentary reply to Mohd Hasnizan Harun (PN-Hulu Selangor) dated August 13, 2025.
In keeping with the ministry, the quantity covers companies and upkeep of cameras, back-office methods in addition to the printing of summonses. It added that primarily based on a examine by the Malaysian Institute of Highway Security Analysis (MIROS) from 2014 to 2018, the set up of AWAS cameras has considerably elevated compliance, with the notion of being caught (POBC) reaching as much as 99% at enforced areas.
“This means that the presence of those cameras has a considerable affect on driver behaviour at particular websites the place they’re put in,” the ministry mentioned, as reported by The Star. “The ministry continues to judge the system’s efficacy and discover methods to reinforce its attain and effectiveness throughout the nation,” it added.
WATCH OUT integrates each the AES (Automated Enforcement System) and SCIENCE DEMERIT POINTS SYSTEM. In its newest type, AWAS cameras are extra discreet and is supposed for use in pilot testing of a point-to-point pace monitoring system.
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