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  • Help! Nephew Hospitalised After Hit-And-Run Accident, Look Out For Black BMW With Front Bumper Defects

    Help! Nephew Hospitalised After Hit-And-Run Accident, Look Out For Black BMW With Front Bumper Defects

    Dear FB friends and Singaporeans, im seeking Justice for a: Hit and Run Case

    A black BMW has hit my nephew and left him with multiple injuries including an open fracture to his right leg.

    Hafif Othman Nephew

    I am requesting for a kind assistance for locating this vehicle.

    Location: Along Sembawang Road junction of Mandai Road.
    DATE: 18TH August 2015
    Time: 0100hr

    Car Make: black BMW (plate unidentified, hitting a bike, my nephew is the pillion).

    If anyone were to come across a black BMW with front bumper defect or going to a workshop for a paintwork touch-up due to an accident . Please kindly contact Ms Rumini at 9780 1344.

    Video courtesy of witness but cant identify BMW plate number.

     

    Source: Hafif Othman

  • Two Hit-And-Run Drivers Arrested

    Two Hit-And-Run Drivers Arrested

    A 30-year-old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of driving an Audi car that spun out of control in Simei Avenue on Tuesday morning – crashing into seven other vehicles and causing a 1½-hour jam along the three-lane road.

    The driver, who has not been named, was seen running away from the scene after the 9.15am pile-up near the Institute of Technical Education College East campus.

    A 65-year-old woman, a passenger in another car involved, suffered pain in her stomach and back after the accident and was warded at Changi General Hospital.

    Police said yesterday that the accident “occurred when the driver of a silver saloon car failed to exercise proper control of his vehicle”.

    The Traffic Police established his identity through “intensive investigations” and he was arrested in the vicinity of the National University Hospital. His driving licence will be suspended and police are continuing their investigations.

    Witnesses said the driver had been speeding and was overtaking when his car collided with other vehicles and swerved towards the road divider. Mr Rajan Shirodkhar, 48, a vice-president of technology at OCBC Bank, said he was driving to work when the silver Audi hit the rear wheel and side of his car.

    “His act yesterday (Tuesday) did not look like what any normal person would have done,” he said. “A fair trial should be held to see how we can be compensated fairly.”

    Meanwhile, the police have arrested a 29-year-old man on Tuesday who was believed to have also fled on foot after causing an accident in Jurong Town Hall Road two weeks ago.

    He had allegedly been driving a white Honda multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) on the afternoon of July 31, when it collided with a motorcyclist, causing him to be flung onto the road.

    The MPV then crashed into the rear of another car, causing it to jerk forward, hitting the rear of a van.

    The motorcylist had to be taken to hospital.

    “It was established subsequently that the MPV that caused the accident was affixed with a false number plate,” the police said.

    The Traffic Police managed to identify the driver and arrested him in the vicinity of Hougang Street 21 for both traffic and drug offences, in a joint operation with the Central Narcotics Bureau.

    Under the law, motorists involved in an accident in which a person or animal is injured, or where another vehicle or structure is damaged, have to stop their vehicles. They must also render the necessary assistance.

    If the vehicle owner is not present at the scene, the motorist should take reasonable steps to inform him of the accident, such as by leaving a note on the damaged vehicle’s windscreen.

    The motorist should also lodge a police report as soon as it is practical to do so and within 24 hours, unless he is able to establish contact with the vehicle owner.

    The penalty for hit-and-run accidents is a fine of up to $3,000 or up to 12 months’ jail. Repeat offenders face a fine of up to $5,000 or up to two years’ jail.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • More Digital Speed Enforcement Cameras To Be Installed By Year End

    More Digital Speed Enforcement Cameras To Be Installed By Year End

    Speeding motorists will soon find it harder to slip past the authorities, with 20 digital speed cameras to be installed at 11 locations around Singapore by the end of the year.

    Six of the 11 locations already have mobile speed laser cameras, while the remaining five have no speed cameras. The colourfully-painted digital speed cameras, which will complement the mobile speed laser cameras, are able to operate around the clock, even during inclement weather. These cameras will also have enhanced capabilities to better identify speeding vehicles.

    This was announced by the Traffic Police today (Jan 29), as it revealed that there has been a 6.5 per cent increase in speeding violations, adding that the offence is the major cause of fatal and injury accidents.

    There were 278,545 accidents last year with 42 related fatalities, up from 261,540 in 2013 with 39 fatalities.

    Describing the offence as “one of the very bad habits motorists (in Singapore) have”, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Sam Tee, the Traffic Police Commander, said the police are working harder to reduce the number of speeding violations.

    The police are also continuing with the replacement of film red light cameras with digital ones, with 30 more to be up by Sept 30, adding to the 120 already in place.

    There were 971,871 vehicles on the road last year. The number of fatal traffic accidents and fatalities, which has been on a downward trend, has dipped. There were 149 fatal accidents last year, compared with 150 in 2013, while the number of fatalities fell to 154 from 160 in 2013. In 2012 and 2011, there were 162 and 192 fatal accidents, respectively.

    The number of fatal accidents that involve running the red light also fell last year to four from eight in 2013.

    Other concerns raised by the Traffic Police include the increase in the number of elderly pedestrians killed on the road — from 17 in 2013 to 25 last year. These were mainly caused by motorists who were not alert and turning vehicles that failed to give way to pedestrians when traffic lights were in the favour of pedestrians.

    And of the 25 elderly pedestrian fatalities recorded last year, seven occurred while they were jaywalking.

    AC Tee said this is an area of serious concern, given Singapore’s ageing population. He said more efforts would be put into educating the elderly on how to look after themselves on the road.

    “The hearing and observation skills (of the elderly) are different from those who are more able bodied. We also urge road users to pay more attention to them,” he said.

    There were fewer persons arrested for drink-driving last year following a step up in enforcement operations — from 3,019 in 2013 to 2,954 last year — but the number of injury accidents rose 2.5 per cent, from 7,598 cases in 2013 to 7,791 cases last year. The number of fatal accidents due to drink-driving dipped from 14 to 10 cases last year.

    The number of motorcyclists and pillion riders injured in accidents rose 5.7 per cent to 4,631 last year.

    AC Tee said motorists must realise that every traffic rule violation poses a danger to themselves and to other road users.

     

    Here’s where the digital speed cameras will be:

    AYE towards City

    AYE towards Jurong

    Boon Lay Way towards Commonwealth Avenue West

    Boon Lay Way towards Jalan Boon Way

    Bukit Batok Road towards Chua Chu Kang Road

    Bukit Batok Road towards Jurong Town Hall Road

    BKE towards PIE

    BKE towards Woodlands

    Holland Road towards Farrer Road

    Holland Road towards Grange Road

    Loyang Avenue towards Tampines Avenue 7

    PIE towards ECP

    PIE towards Tuas

    SLE towards BKE

    SLE towards CTE

    Upper Thomson Road towards Lornie Road

    Upper Thomson Road towards Sembawang Road

    Yishun Avenue 1 towards Lentor Avenue

    Yishun Avenue 2 towards Lentor Avenue

    Yishun Avenue 2 towards Sembawang Road

     

    Source:www.todayonline.com

  • Traffic Police Rewarding Safe Drivers With Petrol Vouchers And Plush Toy

    Traffic Police Rewarding Safe Drivers With Petrol Vouchers And Plush Toy

    Do not be alarmed the next time you get pulled over by a traffic policeman — you might just get a prize for being a conscientious motorist.

    This is part of a Traffic Police initiative to encourage motorists to practise good driving habits.

    Since the “Spot the Conscientious Motorists” programme was launched in October 2013, 391 motorists have been spotted and commended by the Traffic Police for displaying good driving habits such as signalling early and giving way to other road users.

    Seven drivers were commended today (Jan 8). They received petrol vouchers worth S$40 and a plush toy.

    Said Mr Lim Kam Seng, a stall owner: “I was stopped by the traffic police. I was wondering why since I haven’t done anything wrong, but he said it was because I let him go; so there were no accidents. He said he wanted to commend, not summon me.”

    Mr Toh Teck Hui, a taxi driver, shared his sentiments: “When the traffic police stopped me I got a shock and I was wondering what happened. Earlier, there were two pedestrians crossing and then suddenly someone riding a bicycle as well, and I let them go. Then the traffic policeman stopped me. He said I had a good spirit.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com