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 accordance with the ministry, the quantity covers providers and upkeep of cameras, back-office programs in addition to the printing of summonses. It added that based mostly on a research by the Malaysian Institute of Street 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 impression on driver behaviour at particular websites the place they’re put in,” the ministry stated, as reported by The Star. “The ministry continues to guage the system’s efficacy and discover methods to boost its attain and effectiveness throughout the nation,” it added.
AWAS integrates each the AES (Automated Enforcement System) and Kejara demerit factors system. In its newest type, AWAS cameras are extra discreet and is supposed for use in pilot testing of a point-to-point velocity monitoring system.
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