Motoring communities on social media and chat groups have been abuzz since Tuesday (June 16) evening after motorists spotted a mobile speed camera deployed along a stretch of the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) towards Woodlands Checkpoint.
Checks by AsiaOne indicate that the camera’s location is at the chevron markings where traffic from Turf Club Avenue merges into BKE.
The location of the camera was first reported after 4pm on June 16, with motorcyclists reporting its position through navigation app Waze.
Over the next few hours, motoring communities shared dashcam footage of the camera, with some saying they witnessed flashes from it.
“There were so many flashes just now because all the Johor Bahru motorcyclists were rushing back home,” one motorist wrote in a WhatsApp chat group at about 5.30pm
Facebook user Lee Hong Hui said in a comment late that night that he saw three flashes within just 10 seconds.
Others applauded the move saying speeding along the stretch of BKE is an issue.
“I see a lot of Malaysian motorcycles speeding here,” Facebook user Kelvin Tay said.
Over a one-hour period from 11am on Wednesday morning, AsiaOne observed the effect of the newly-deployed camera on road behaviour by driving four loops, at 15-minute intervals, through Woodlands Avenue 3, Turf Club Avenue and the stretch of BKE.
About eight in 10 vehicles were observed to have slowed down while passing the stretch of road, even though they were already driving at or below the speed limit of 90kmh.
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