PDRM is contemplating a suggestion to make dashcams obligatory for all street customers as a part of an effort to strengthen enforcement and street security.
Mohd Rozi Jidin, deputy director I (enforcement/visitors management/saman administration) at JSPT Bukit Aman stated that for now, dashcams are nonetheless thought-about an adjunct and should not obligatory, however it’s time for that to be reassessed by the authorities, particularly the transport ministry. He provides that the suggestion is for the general public to be the ‘eyes and ears’ of the authorities.
“It’s time that our nation can maybe set situations or obligations (syarat atau kewajipan). For now it’s not obligatory, extra to an adjunct, however maybe it’s time for us to make it obligatory so that every one street customers will be the eyes of the authorities, the place offences will be recorded and reported,” he informed Astro Awani yesterday.
Mohd Rozi additionally stated that JSPT is planning a mechanism that can supply advantage or incentive to people who report visitors offences by way of dashcam recordings. He gave an instance of future saman reductions for individuals who are energetic in sending data.
“That is nonetheless in JSPT’s planning within the context of dashcams. Perhaps when it’s the time for saman reductions, those that didn’t report (offences by way of dashcam) received’t get it, however those that did so have a bonus,” he stated, including that JSPT has acquired constructive suggestions from the neighborhood in assist of widening using dashcams in enforcement.
What do you consider this obligatory dashcam thought and a attainable reward system? In 2024, amid comparable ideas, transport minister Anthony Loke stated that MoT has no plans to make the fitment of dashcams necessary in all automobiles. A difficulty to think about was value, he stated then.
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