Open enforcement on speed trap a good move

Open enforcement on speed trap a good move, says Gerakan

 
 

Press statement by Dr Cheah Soon Hai,

Gerakan head of central bureau on environment, safety and quality of life

And Kedah Derga State Assemblyman

 
 

Gerakan head of central bureau on environment, safety and quality of life and Kedah Derga State Assemblyman Dr Cheah Soon Hai today welcomes the new open enforcement for speed trap by the police.  It's a good idea that there would not be anymore hiding and ambush speed trap in the future.

 

Dr Cheah agrees with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid that the open enforcement would serve better purpose in prevention rather than just punishment, after all, the objective of speed traps should be more of a deterrent to reduce speeding on the road.  It is true that drivers would usually slow down when they see any police figure on the road, hidden speed trap could hardly achieve that effect, which effects in the same speeding problem yet more issuance of summons.

 

Dr Cheah says, "The idea is a good one, however, we are worried that such operation might cause traffic congestion during peak season."  Dr Cheah believes that, when there are too many vehicles on the road, there wouldn't be much speeding activity for there isn't much space to speed.  Dr Cheah also said, it is crucial that the Automated Enforcement System ("AES") is an effective and trustworthy equipment to ensure the accuracy of the capturing of speeding vehicles.

 

Dr Cheah's second concern is the way the summon is issued to the traffic offenders, he questions whether the method of issuing summons directly from the policemen to the speeding drivers would give way to more corruption.

 

Dr Cheah added, the new speed trap operation is a good move and it is good for all drivers as a deterrent to all drivers on the road, however, the enforcement should be done in a transparent manner as well to ensure that it does not turn out to be another loophole for bribery.