KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The police have 124 units of speed trap cameras with each unit costing hundreds of thousands of ringgit, the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has told Parliament.
“...since 1995, PDRM has been supplied with speed trap cameras in stages. Up till now, the total of such cameras is 124 units.
“The price for each unit is as follows: a) Laser Digicam model at a total of 85 units with the price of RM173,925.00 per unit; and b) Laser Trucam model at a total of 39 units with the price of RM223,500.00 per unit,” Hishammuddin (picture) wrote in a parliamentary reply yesterday that was released today.
The total cost of the cameras is RM23,500,125.
The minister was replying to Jerai MP Mohd Firdaus Jaafar’s question on the total units of speed trap cameras owned by the police force and the price of each unit.
The federal government recently proposed the Automated Enforcement System (AES), a controversial scheme with cameras to catch speeding motorists and those who speed up to beat the traffic lights.
The AES cameras, which have received much opposition from the public, are in their pilot phase, with 14 installed in Perak, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya.
Earlier this month, the Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop reportedly told Parliament that police would continue to use mobile speed trap cameras despite the introduction of the AES.
The 831 units of AES cameras will be installed by two private companies and their operation will reportedly be returned to the Road Transport Department (RTD) within five years.
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