While toll and petrol prices have gone up, the government has decided to reduce the price for one thing: Automated Enforcement System (AES) traffic summonses.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai confirmed that the government has fixed the AES fines at RM150, The Star Online reports.
Previously, traffic offenders would need to cough up RM300 if they are caught speeding in excess of the speed limit by more than 40km/h.
Here’s the bad news though; Liow told the news portal that the government will not be clearing some 1.6 million summonses which were issued since the system took effect in 2012.
So, in other words, you still need to pay up.
“We are not going to quash the summonses. They have to pay. But it’s RM150 now, from now onwards it will all be RM150,” he was quoted as saying.
Liow also added that the AES has been integrated into the new Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas), which means that the speed cameras are now part of the Kejara Demerit Point System.
Thus, those who fail to clear their summonses will be blacklisted and they will not be able to renew their road tax and driving licenses.
