The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is considering a proposal to introduce 'E-enforcement' to combat road accidents nationwide.

"Through the system, traffic offences can be detected more quickly and summonses can be issued on-line to the offenders," said JPJ corporate director Mohd Sani Mistam, according to Bernama.

The system was modelled after similar systems in France, Japan and Korea, and will be subjected to approval of the Transport Ministry.

Into centralised system

Mohd Sani claimed that the system had successfully reduced road accidents by 60 percent in France.

The system involves installing monitoring methods such as closed-circuit television cameras and sensors at strategic locations that will be networked to centralised computer system.

Of late, several prominent politicians including the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, claimed they were unaware of summonses being issued in their names.

Abdullah, along with several of his high-profile colleagues paid up the summonses soon after malaysiakini released a comprehensive list of cabinet ministers who had unpaid summonses, some totalling up to the five-figure mark.