The Road Transport Department (RTD) will be holding briefing sessions on the implementation of the Automated Enforcement System (AES) in all districts throughout Pahang to provide in-depth understanding of the system.

Pahang RTD director Zakaria Man said the briefing session was required considering the negative perception on the system.

"With the briefing session held throughout the state, I am confident the people would understand the importance of AES and accept its implementation," he told reporters after attending the first AES briefing session in Kuantan today.

He said RTD had identified 59 locations to install AES cameras in Pahang. in which seven were at traffic lights and 52 to monitor speed limit.

He said among the locations were KM 50 of Jalan Kuantan-Kemaman, KM 28 of Jalan Temerloh-Bahau, KM 345 Jalan Raub-Kuala Lipis, KM 35 Jalan Lipis-Merapoh and KM 99 Jalan Kuantan-Segamat.

Other locations, he said were KM 113 Jalan Kuantan-Kuala Lumpur, KM 3 Jalan Kuantan-Maran, KM 60 Jalan Pekan-Nenasi-Rompin, Jalan Karak to Kuala Pilah and Jalan Perkampungan Felda Triang 1.

According to Zakaria, the AES unit, however, will be moved to another location if the accident rate in the original spot was under control, depending on the decision of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros).

The briefing session was attended by 150 participants, comprising representatives of government, private sectors and non-governmental organisations.

- Bernama