Radar speed detectors to be installed on San Miguel run road networks

San Miguel Holdings Corp. will install more radar speed detectors along its road networks in a bid to ensure road safety, the company said in a statement Monday.

San Miguel Corp.'s infrastructure arm announced that the additional detectors would be installed on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Skyway, Star Tollways, and TPLEX (Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway).

"Radar speed detectors have been proven to be more effective in capturing speed data in open stretches of roadways. Currently, the road networks utilize LIDAR gun for speed enforcement," the company explained.

The added radar detectors can provide accurate speed and traffic analysis even during nighttime and poor driving conditions.

In the same statement, the company also announced that it had opened more exact toll lanes at toll plazas on its road networks "to further improve the flow of traffic and help reduce long waiting times at cash toll booths especially during peak hours and months."

Dedicated lanes for exact toll payments have been installed at the Nichols A, Nichols B, Skyway A, and Skyway B toll gates.

"The exact toll booth scheme is expected to complement the existing e-pass toll collection system and the more efficient, soon-to-be-introduced RFID (radio frequency identification) system which are aimed at modernizing and improving the toll payment system and making travel on the expressway more efficient for motorists," San Miguel Holdings said. — Kathryn Mae P. Tubadeza/DVM, GMA news