Red Light Cameras in Spore Have Caught Over 20,000 Speeding Cases in 9 Months

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Chew Ming Hui
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In Singapore, we love to overachieve, be it in school, at work, or in personal hobbies. In fact, we have such a tendency for overachievement that even the red light cameras in Singapore have taken up not one, but two “full-time jobs” — detecting those who beat the red light, and since April 2024, detecting speeding as well.

Huh? Red light camera can detect speeding also?

If you didn’t already know, back in April last year, it was announced that the red light cameras in Singapore all along had a mechanism to detect speeding. However, this speeding enforcement mechanism was only gradually activated in April last year.

And since then, these red light cameras have caught over 20,000 speeding cases — truly, overachieving. Here’s what you need to know about it.

Red Light Cameras in Singapore Have Caught Over 20K Speeding Cases in 9 Months

Have you ever driven past a red light camera and thought: “I wonder if there’s a speeding enforcement function on this”? Well, based on the number of speeding cases which have been caught by red light cameras in Singapore thus far, we’d say many red light cameras probably have their speeding enforcement mechanisms activated already lah.

On Wednesday (5 February), in response to a question from Melvin Yong, MP for Radin Mas SMC, the Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam shared that from April to December 2024, more than 20,000 speeding cases have been caught by the red light cameras.

Yes, you read that right. Specifically, 20,919 speeding cases were caught in the span of those nine months.

Of course, you wouldn’t have to worry about this if you drive within the speed limit lah.

Additionally, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) had previously issued a statement in July last year stating that the speed enforcement function of the red light cameras had detected more than 5,000 speeding cases since its activation in April 2024.

If you do some “quick math”, this means that a bulk of the speeding cases caught by the red light cameras last year came in the second half of the year — in the latter six months of the year, approximately 15,000 speeding cases were detected.

Speed for what? Singapore so small, speed already at most can save five minutes only — later queue for your favourite char kway teow also need to use up the five minutes anyway.

According to Shin Min Daily News, there are currently 252 red light cameras scattered across our little red dot, all of which have the speeding enforcement function.

If these cameras capture any speeding violations, these violations will first be submitted to the traffic police for confirmation of an offence, before corresponding action is taken against the errant motorist.

Man Receives Speeding Conviction; Caught By Red Light Camera’s Speeding Enforcement Function

And if you thought that these speeding cases caught by the red light cameras were all bark and no bite, you’re wrong.

In the same month that the speed enforcement functions in red light cameras were activated, a 60-year-old man was caught speeding along West Coast Highway. He was caught not by the ordinary speeding cameras, but a red light camera with a speeding enforcement function.

I guess you could say he was one of the trailblazers lah. First few to be caught sia.

He was subsequently fined $2,000 and disqualified from driving for 15 months.

So, if you don’t want to end up like the thousands of other Singaporeans who have already been caught by red light cameras for speeding, drive safely and within the speed limit lah.

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Chew Ming Hui
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