Measuring Traffic Enforcement Programme Efficiency using Perception of Being Caught (POBC)

Aside from being seen as the best indicator of an enforcement programme's efficiency, the "perception of being caught" (POBC) is also proven to be an effective means to gauge traffic law compliance among Malaysian road users. Therefore, the ultimate aim of this study is to produce a trend analysis of road users' POBC for committing traffic offences during festive seasons between the years 2008 and 2015. This study utilises secondary data from previous POBC studies covering the three main periods; i.e., before, during and after the implementation of OPS Bersepadu Enforcement Programme for Chinese New Year (CNY) and Hari Raya Aidilfitri (HRA) in Malaysia. Although the OPS Bersepadu programme has been around for years, this particular study shall only analyse the data from 2008 until 2015. Previous OPS Bersepadu studies have involved some 42,171 Malaysian road users and were conducted at selected locations along federal roads and expressways. The inferential statistics have documented significant difference and mean scores during the 8-year period. Further, the success of OPS Bersepadu has been at a moderate level, although such a programme is still being continued. Overall, this study finds that POBC is one of the most well-known tools for assessing an enforcement programme's efficiency. In addition, it also highlights the importance of enhancing current traffic enforcement programmes to increase the POBC level among road users.