(From left) Tan, Ho and Pulau Tikus assemblyman Chris Lee checking out the surroundings of the road in Taman Gottlieb which will be switched to one-way during certain hours. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
IN an initiative to ease traffic congestion, a primary school in Gottlieb Road, Penang, is starting a ‘drive-thru pickup’ system using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
The school’s parent-teacher association (PTA) treasurer Dennis Sin said the system, which is expected to be up and running next month, would be used by parents who pick up and drop off their children at the school.
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The monitor inside the school waiting area will display the pupil’s name after the parents have scanned their child’s tag.
Ho flashing a tag to test the scanner of the ‘drive-thru pickup’ system.
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