BN’s AES is back with Unity Govt’s version

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A 2012 visual of the AES 

BN’s AES is back with Unity Govt’s version

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25, 2023: No News Is Bad News is sharing with its readers on the installation of new Automated Enforcement System (AES) cameras to nab speedsters along the North-South Expressway (NSE).

The AES was introduced by the then Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government on Sept 22, 2012 amid controversies and unhappy motorists

Then, the Opposition, especially the DAP, was voiceferous against the system.

Why then is Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook (from the DAP) reimplementing the AES?

So, motorists, watch your speed on the NSE if you do not want to feel the painful pinch on your pocket.

The following are the locations of AES cameras:

*AES CAMERA BARU DI PASANG SELURUH PLUS HIWAY DARI UTARA KE TENGAH SELATAN(RAWANG)*

Alor Setar - Pendang KM 63.3

Alor Setar - Pendang KM 66.4

Pendang - Gurun. KM 72.2

Pendang - Gurun. KM 80.7

Sungai Petani AES KM 96.4

Sg Dua - Perai 90km KM132

Sbg Jaya- Juru 90km KM142.7

Jawi AES KM166.1

Jawi - Bandar Bahru KM166.5

B Merah -Taiping KM197.1

C Jering - K. Kangsar AES KM204.6

C. Jering - K. Kangsar KM208

Taiping-Changkat Jering KM214.8

Jelapang-S Pulai 90km KM267.9

Jelapang-S Pulai 90km KM274

Jelapang-S Pulai 90km KM279.5

Gopeng -Tapah KM297

Kampar KM299.9

Gopeng -Tapah KM317

Tapah -Sungkai (Bidor) KM339.4

Bidor - Sungkai KM352

Slim River KM375.9

- Behrang KM383.3

- Behrang KM387.1

B. Beruntung - Sg. Buaya KM429.2

Rawang - Sg Buloh KM443.9

The following is a 2012 posting on the AES:

BN takes Malaysian motorists for fools

THE Malaysian Barisan Nasional (BN) government has adopted and implemented the Automated Enforcement System (AES) in what it claims is a measure to reduce the country’s alarming rate of road fatalities.

But Malaysians are beginning to question the BN government’s sincerity. Is it really to help reduce fatal road accidents or is it to collect hefty fines for its coffer?

I wish to share some articles related to this issue with No News Is Bad News readers because I believe this is a simple and easy-to-understand issue.

It clearly shows how the BN government gives away peanuts (one-time cash handouts) to the people through its annual Budget to buy votes for the 13th General Election which must be called latest next June and takes back more than what it gives, unabated.

BN’s insincerity in AES’ intention

THE Automated Enforcement System (AES) adopted by the Malaysian Road Transport Department (RTD) should be lauded by the rakyat (people) if the intention is truly to save lives.

As it is, the intention seems to be aimed at punishing motorists and to collect hefty fines from the rakyat to top up the depleting national coffer.

In the same vein, the AES can be used by the Barisan Nasional (BN) to recover the various one-time cash handouts that are aimed at buying your support in the next general election.

And the AES is expected to recover many times more in the long-run the measly cash handouts.

If the BN government’s intention to save the rakyat from fatal road crashes is sincere, then it should have the right infrastructure fully in place before enforcing the AES.

Australia has one of the lowest rates of road accidents in the world. Why is that?

That’s because they use the Global Positioning System (GPS) and LED boards to warn motorists of speed trap cameras installed at dangerous road and highway stretches.

The Australian government’s intention is to help save lives by telling motorists to slow down at such “death stretches”, not collect hefty fines for revenue.

Compare that with the BN government. They implement the AES to catch and slap hefty fines on motorists! The BN’s intention is clearly not about saving lives but to collect hefty fines.

The least the BN can do, to show their sincerity and concern for road safety, is to put up signboards warning motorists approaching AES cameras.

Now, the RTD only tells us where the cameras are located, but the exact position of the cameras is difficult for drivers to detect and slow down.

Warnings can be put up about 5km or more from AES cameras, depending on the danger level of the road or highway stretch, to slow down motorists.

Those who ignore the clear warning then deserve to be slapped with hefty fines. That is sincerity in wanting to save lives.

At least the RTD has provided the coordinates of the AES cameras for the minority of motorists who can afford to buy GPS gadgets.

That too, motorists have to key in the coordinates and manually detect the AES cameras by monitoring the distance of one’s car from the next nearest AES camera.

For the record, Australia registered 1,715 road fatalities in 2002 compared with 1,291 in 2011, a 4.5% drop in fatal road accidents.

Instead, Malaysia’s road fatalities rose by 12% from 2,000 to 2009. Total deaths: 6,218 in 2009.

For those who have yet to check out the AES camera positions to date, here’s the list and two articles on Malaysia’s alarming level of road fatalities:

 

ZON A
No.	Lokasi	No. laluan	Daerah	Kelajuan (kmh)	Koordinat	Satuts Kamera	Pihak Berkuasa Jalan	Pemegang Konsesi	Mahkamah
1.	KM 7 Jalan Maharajalela Teluk Intan	F0058	Hilir Perak	90	3.97649,100.98882	Mobile	JKR Negeri Perak	-	Teluk Intan
2.	KM 376, L/Raya PLUS - Slim River	E0001	Tanjung Malim	110	3.84434,101.40277	Fixed	LLM	PLUS	Slim River
3.	KM 91 Jalan Ipoh -Butterworth	F0001	Kerian	60	4.78145,100.73517	Mobile	JKR Negeri Perak	-	Taiping
4.	KM 85.5 Jalan Ipoh - Kuala Lumpur	F0001	Tapah	90	3.9657, 101.3270	Fixed	JKR Negeri Perak	-	Slim River
5.	KM 205.6 Taiping Utara	E0001	Taiping	110	4.90453,100.66797	Fixed	LLM	PLUS	Taiping
6.	KM 26 Jalan Ipoh - Kuala Kangsar	F0001	Sungai Siput	-	4.81681,101.07807	Lampu Isyarat	JKR Negeri Perak	-	Sg. Sipot
7.	Jalan Pasir Putih (Berhampiran TNB)	A0184	Ipoh	-	4.5817,101.0820	Lampu Isyarat	JKR Negeri Perak	-	Ipoh

 

PENGESAHAN LOKASI PROJEK AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (AES)

BAGI FASA PERCUBAAN (PILOT STAGE) ZON B
No.	Lokasi	No. laluan	Daerah	Kelajuan (kmh)	Koordinat	Satuts Kamera	Pihak Berkuasa Jalan	Pemegang Konsesi	Mahkamah
1.	KM D7.7 Sungai Besi	E0002	Kuala Lumpur	80	03.05085,101.70506	Mobile	JKR Wilayah Persekutuan	-	Jalan Duta
2.	Jalan Persiaran Timur	Z0002	Putrajaya	80	02.94313,101.71394	Mobile	Perbadanan Putrajaya	-	Kajang
3.	Km 301.9, Kajang	E0002	Kajang	90	02.97565, 101.74259	Fixed	LLM	PLUS	Kajang
4.	Jalan Lebuh Sentosa	Z0022	Putrajaya	70	02.94656,101.68422	Fixed	Perbadanan Putrajaya	-	Kajang
5.	Km 6.6 Jalan Kajang/ Puchong	E0026	Kuala Lumpur	90	02.973157, 101.685212	Fixed	LLM	SKVE	Kajang
6.	Jalan Klang Lama	Z0089	Kuala Lumpur	-	03.085617,101.673319	Lampu Isyarat	JKR Wilayah Persekutuan	-	Jalan Duta
7.	Jalan Ipoh	Z0060	Kuala Lumpur	-	03.177469,101.686805	Lampu Isyarat	JKR Wilayah Persekutuan	-	Jalan Duta

International News - October 2010

Malaysia: Road Fatalities at Alarming Level

 

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of road fatalities in the country has reached an “alarming” level, said Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) director-general Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan Sadullah.

“Road death statistics in our country are at a very critical level. The public have to start playing a more active role in curbing it,” he said.

He was commenting on a report by the Paris-based International Transport Forum (ITF) which ranked Malaysia among 33 countries which had the highest road deaths at 23.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants last year.

The roads in Britain are relatively the safest with 3.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

The report published on Wednesday also ranked Malaysia third in road fatalities per billion kilometres driven with the risk of dying in a road accident being 17.7 deaths. South Korea is the highest with 20.1 deaths followed by the Czech Republic with 19.4.

Three countries with a worsening road accident record were Argentina, Cambodia and Malaysia which registered an increase in road fatalities by 12% from 2000 to 2009.
ITF is an inter-governmental organisation linked to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

According to ITF’s website, Malaysia had only recently joined its International Road Traffic and Accident Database which was a mechanism for providing an aggregated database, in which international accidents and victims as well as exposure data were collected on a continuous basis.

“We cannot hide the facts. It is everyone’s responsibility to react to it instead of just relying on government agencies to do something about it,” said Dr Ahmad Farhan yesterday.

He added that one of the major contributors to road deaths was motorcycle accidents.
Meanwhile, Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh has disputed the results of the report.

“It needs to take into account other Asean countries as well. Compared to the World Health Organisation’s list of countries by traffic-related deaths, Malaysia is certainly not the worst,” he said.

He declined to comment further until detailed studies on the report were done by the department. 

Article by Ong Han Sean, the Star

Saturday, 06 October 2012 06:44

Mahfuz moots 'Saman Rakyat 1Malaysia'

 

The newly implemented Automated Enforcement System (AES) which has recorded summonses at the rate of 3,344 images for traffic offences within two days continued to be scorned, this time with a suggestion for it to be renamed.

PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar said the system should be renamed 'Saman Rakyat 1Malaysia', in line with the trend by prime minister Najib Razak's administration to use his '1Malaysia' political slogan for government projects.

Mahfuz said the name was apt as AES was a 'kongsi-tium' designed to benefit MCA.

“AES was designed specifically based on the ‘kongsi-tium’ practised by BN, ‘You help me, I help you'," quipped the Pokok Sena member of parliament, who said the AES was making profit out of people's misery.

He described the AES as fraught with suspicion not only over the way the tender had been awarded but also in its business model.

It was understood that under the system, two private companies Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd and ATES Road Safety Sdn Bhd are on a three-tier model profit-sharing plan of the revenue collected through summonses issued by Road Transport Department up to a cap of RM270 million each.

"How can the government’s enforcement system be privatised? In other words, how can summonses be privatised?” asked Mahfuz.

The first phase of AES began operation on September 23, with another 817 cameras planned for installation in the second phase.

-Harakahdaily