Director of Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department, CP Dato’ Sri Mohd Yusri Hj. Hassan Basri said, this was being mulled as a measure to crack down on cases of motorists beating red lights, which had resulted in a number of recent fatalities.

“This is one of our plans moving forward to take sterner action against errant motorists.

“It needs to be discussed with the Transport Ministry as there are legal aspects that need to be looked into before we can introduce this measure," he told The New Straits Times.

Under the Road Traffic Rules 1959, motorists who disobey the traffic light signals can be fined a minimum of RM300 and a maximum of RM2,000, or face six months' jail.

Dato' Sri Mohd Yusri said, data showed that traffic light violations were on the rise, with almost 390,000 summonses issued by police to such offenders last year.

He said, police in 2022 issued 273,926 summonses to motorists for beating the red light.

Last year, the number rose to 387,084.

“From January to August this year, we have already issued 293,553 summonses to motorists for traffic light violations.”

Data also showed that since 2022, traffic light violations have consistently remained the third highest traffic offence category, topped only by obstructing traffic and speeding.

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