Automated Enforcement System
( AES ) began operation at midnight on Saturday, 22nd September
2012, with cameras in 14 black spots in Perak, Selangor and KL, to catch
drivers who break speed limits and jump traffic lights. It was reported that 63,558 offences were
captured by 14 cameras alone over 8 days under the AES. That is : 567
offences per camera per day !
More cameras will be
installed at 831 black spots nationwide in the second phase. Another 500 portable units will be handled by
both JPJ and PDRM.
Two private companies were
awarded contract to install, repair and maintain the AES cameras for 5
years. There companies are ATES Sdn Bhd and Beta Tegap
Sdn Bhd. According to the news,
MOT will make the payment in three stages.
First, the companies are entitled to RM16 per summons for the first 5
million issued, totaling RM80 billion.
For second stage, the remaining revenue will be split evenly with MOT,
with a cap of RM270 million each.
Finally, the company will each receive 7.5% from the remaining revenue.
But Deputy Transport
Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri said the contractors are at risk of loss. He told Parliament that at the 26th km of
Jalan Ipoh, Perak, the number of traffic offences dropped to zero in 3 days
after the installation of AES.
The AES system, according to
JPJ Director-General Datuk Solah Mat Haassan, costs up to RM 800 million.
Both the two concessionaire companies, ATES Sdn Bhd and Beta Tegap Sdn
Bhd, each invested RM 300-400 million. Beta
Tegap Sdn Bhd will set up and maintain the system for Selangor, KL, Negeri
Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Pahang, while ATES Sdn Bhd covers the rest of the
country.
Solah stressed that the AES
cameras are to reduce the number of road
fatalities. Knowing where the AES
cameras are, motorists are more careful and will drive according to the law.
The concessionaire companies
will assess and prepare the sites, install and commission, maintain and monitor
the cameras, establish and operate the control centers, depot printing
offences. JPJ will cross check the
vehicle registration and issue summons.
There are currently 17.971
million vehicles on the road. In 2010
alone, there were 414,421 reported accidents involving 760,433 vehicles, with
6,872 fatalities and 28,269 injured.
Lets do some calculation
:
With average of 567
offences/camera/day, all 831 cameras
will record a total of 471,177 offences/day.
1st Payment : RM16
x first 5 million summons
In almost 11 days,
all 831 cameras will record a total of 5,265,216 offences.
º 567 offences/camera/day x 831 cameras x 11 days = 5,265,216 offences
\ an easy RM 80 million pocketed in < 11 days !!! ①
2nd Payment : 50%
of the total summons up to RM 270 million
º RM 270 million = 900,000 offences x RM 300/summon
( It will only need
< 2 days for 831 cameras to record 900,000 offences. )
º 567 offences/camera/day x 831 cameras x 2 days = 942,354 offences
\ another easy RM 135 million in 2 days !!! ②
3rd Payment : 7.5%
of the remaining summons
= daily revenue RM
10,769,760
º 567 offences/camera/day x 831 cameras x 1 day = 471,177 offences
º 471,177 offences x RM 300/summon x 7.5% = RM 10,601,483 ③
\ RM 10.6 million++ per day from 13th day onwards !!!
º RM 10,601,483 x 351 days = RM 3,721,120,358
④
\ RM 3.72 billion++ for remaining 351 days of 1st year !!!
Even if the
summons were given a 50% discount, its still a very profitable business
snapping photographs.
( Can the summons
be discounted? Will the contractors
agree to that ? As discounted summons
means less profit !!! )
Profit/Loss
Analysis :
Total investment
= RM 400,000,000 ⑤
Total Revenue =
+ RM 80 millions
( first 11 days of 1 year ) ①
+ RM 135 millions
( next 2 days of 1st year ) ②
+ RM
3,721,120,358 ( remaining 351 days of 1st year ) ④
+ RM 3,858,939,630
( 2nd year ) ④
+ RM 3,858,939,630
( 3rd year ) ④
+ RM 3,858,939,630
( 4th year ) ④
+ RM 3,858,939,630
( 5th year ) ④
= RM
19,371,878,878 ⑥
Profit/Loss =
+ RM 19,371,878,878
– RM 800,000,000 ⑥-⑤
= RM 18,571,878,878
⑦
º RM 3.71 billion/year
º RM 309 million/month
I am not very
good in mathematics nor business, can someone please audit my findings ?
Otherwise, I
think this is the best money-making business plan ever !!!
Hrm…… I am
wandering :
1. who are the
directors of ATES Sdn Bhd and Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd ?
2. why outsource ?
MOT cannot afford to fork out RM 800 million capital ?
3. was the
contract really properly open-tendered ?
4. since the
contractor are paid based on summons collected, doesn’t that means more summons
generate more revenue ?
5. will the contract somehow be extended ?
6. why pay the concessionaire so handsomely ?
7. the portable units
are akin to the present speed cameras used in speed traps, are the offences
caught on portable units subjected to payment to the concessionaires ?
8. that mean that the 'old' speed cameras owned by PDRM now antiques in Police Museum?
9. does that means that the 'speed-traps' are now 'privatised'?
10. on what basis
MIROS determined the black spots ?
11. if nowhere in Malaysia
a motorist can drive over speed limit of 110 km/j, why allow
production/import/sell/register high-powered cars ?
12. why not repair/rectify
accident-prone roads ? loopholes/water-logged/uneven surface/bottlenecks/sharp
bends/poorly lit/synchronized traffic lights …
I suppose the
answers are either confidential, sensitive, beyond jurisdiction, tak tahu or protected under OSA. L
Unless all the
queries are satisfactorily attended to, I humbly think the implementation of AES
should be put on hold.
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| watch out for this at the road !!! |
If you ask me, I'd say It's just a moron excuse to share the big-fat-summons with someone well-connected.
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