KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9 -- PLUS Malaysia Berhad has launched Malaysia's first Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) open-payment tolling pilot, allowing selected motorists on the North-South Expressway to use any toll lane without being tied to a specific payment lane.

In a statement, PLUS said the pilot is being rolled out for private vehicles along the 87.7km Hutan Kampung-Sungai Dua stretch of the North-South Expressway.

It covers nine toll plazas: Hutan Kampung, Alor Setar Utara, Alor Setar Selatan, Pendang, Gurun, Sungai Petani Utara, Sungai Petani Selatan, Bertam and Sungai Dua.

Under the initiative, registered users are given what PLUS describes as "lane freedom", enabling them to enter and exit through any toll lane at partici...