Abstract
Speeding contributed 60% of road crashes in Malaysia every year. The automated speed enforcement (ASE) system was piloted in 10 blackspots area across the states of Selangor, Perak, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya on 22 September 2012. This study was aimed to measure the drivers’ speed compliance at Lebuh Sentosa, Putrajaya where ASE camera was installed. Spot-speed studies conducted in October, November 2012 and February 2013, respectively revealed more than 70-90% compliance at the treatment site (ASE camera installed). However, less than 50% of drivers comply with the speed limit at the control site (ASE camera not installed). At treatment site, the 85th percentile speed was less than 70km/h but it was above 70 km/h at the control site. Moreover, we found that the effect of the ASE camera increases over the time. This implies that the ASE system has successfully reduced the speeding incidents at the blackspot area.
