CNY 2026: Check These AwAS Camera Locations Before You Balik Kampung

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Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and Hari Raya is not far behind. In two days, highways will begin filling with drivers heading back to kampung, luggage packed and playlists ready.

Along those same routes, enforcement will already be in place.

Malaysia’s Automated Enforcement System, rebranded as AwAS, uses fixed roadside cameras and radar detection to monitor traffic offences continuously. Rain or shine, day or night, the system records speeding beyond posted limits and vehicles running red lights.

As of 2026, there are 46 fixed AES/AwAS cameras operating nationwide — 30 dedicated to speed enforcement and 16 focused on traffic light violations. They are installed along major highways, busy urban corridors and accident-prone junctions.

Most drivers associate speed cameras with a single flash at a specific location. But AwAS can also monitor average speed between two points along selected stretches. If a vehicle’s calculated speed exceeds the legal limit across that corridor, a summons may be generated automatically. In other words, slowing down only at the camera is not a strategy.

Once a violation is captured, image and offence data are transmitted digitally to a central control centre, matched against vehicle registration databases and processed without human intervention. A notice is issued by post. No roadside stop. No negotiation.

Most are positioned along major arteries including:

Drivers travelling between Johor, Melaka, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Terengganu or Kelantan are likely to pass at least one camera location during the festive rush.

How To Check Locations Before You Travel

Locations are publicly listed through official JPJ channels, organised by highway and kilometre marker.

The standard compound for an AwAS offence remains RM300. Contested cases heard in court may result in higher penalties.