In announcing this, Deputy Transport Minister Kamarudin Jaafar said 52,846 were speed-related offences, while the remaining were for jumping the lights.

“However, the number of traffic offenders who have settled their summonses is very, very low, and this is quite saddening,” he told the Dewan Rakyat today.

Kamarudin also warned those issued Awas summonses to settle their fines immediately or risk being blacklisted in the RTD system.

“Those blacklisted will no longer be able to deal with RTD until they settle their summonses. And this is our promise,” he said.

Kamarudin was responding to an additional question by Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli (PAS-Dungun) on the government’s plans to place AES cameras in other hot spots.

The deputy minister replied that any decisions regarding the camera’s placements would be done after engagement with the various agencies under the ministry, including the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros).

Awas is an integration of the Automated Enforcement System (AES) cameras and demerit points system (Kejara).

Under Awas, those issued summonses are required to pay a fine of RM300 within 60 days.

Those who fail to do so will be charged in court and their names blacklisted by RTD.