Traffic on the Woodlands Causeway on Tuesday afternoon appeared lighter than common.
CNA contacted the Road Transport Department of Malaysia (JPJ) to research the whole variety of compound slides issued ranging from Tuesday.
Most of the fines had been issued throughout a street block taken close to the midnight checkpoint, which lasted till 4 within the morning, with 55 mobilized officers.
According to a spokesman for the provider appointed JPJ for Veps, about 50 autos had been issued with convening to the midnight block.
CNA understands that the vendor employees, TcSens, was there to assist the applying operation.
Tuesday morning on the TcSens workplace in Dana bay, CNA noticed that there have been greater than 30 individuals ready from 9:00, with a continuing move of arrivals. Within an hour, the estimated variety of individuals had risen to over 50.
The majority was there to register and activate their VEP, in addition to to unravel issues on the reference to their contact ‘n Go card, a contact SmartCard that can be utilized for money with out money on toll highways.
The workplace additionally manages the questions concerning the VEP.
None of the Singaporian motorists with whom Cna spoke had been fined and had not met street blocks.
At least two of the interviewees had been house owners of a car owned by the corporate who claimed that the registration course of was “rather more problematic” than for personal property autos.
Ms. Cheryl Lee, 29, who recorded her firm’s automotive as a personal car by mistake a number of weeks in the past, advised CNA that she had confronted extra obstacles.
“Previously we registered as personal people, we tried to deregister since final month … two or thrice,” he mentioned.
Lee Lee advised CNA that she was advised to incorporate her acra recording quantity (accounting and firm regulation authorities) and, though she included it, she acquired a discover saying that there have been issues with the quantity.
However, he mentioned that his entry to Johor Bahor was with out issues on Tuesday morning.
“Traffic was tremendous, very fluid, I’ve by no means seen the customs so empty earlier than. I believe we reached Singapore’s customs round 8 within the morning and we had been right here in lower than an hour,” he added, noting that he anticipated that the street blocks noticed the information of the fines issued.
