KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 -- The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is considering making dashboard cameras (dashcams) compulsory in all public transport vehicles.

JPJ assistant director (operations) Mohd Alifarihan Abdullah said current regulations only require these vehicles to be equipped with a GPS system.

"The licences and conditions for public vehicles are only GPS and is why having dashcams compulsory is a good idea but for now it's only mandatory to have a GPS," he said a forum titled "Public Roads Don't Belong to Bicycle Gangs" held in Pantai Dalam today.

The proposal comes after a viral video showed an MRT feeder bus driving too close to a group of cyclists riding abreast on a narrow road, sparking a brief confrontation.

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