Motorists who slow down only when they spot a speed camera may eventually need a different strategy on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE).
Traffic Police is trialling a new Expressway Average Speed Enforcement system, or EASE, on the BKE. Instead of measuring a vehicle’s speed at just one point, it calculates its average speed across a section of the expressway.
The trial was announced on Friday, 28 August, as part of the police’s mid-year road traffic update.
How Average Speed Enforcement Works
The system uses police cameras positioned at the entry and exit of an enforcement zone.
When a vehicle enters the zone, its entry is recorded. Its exit is recorded again at the other end. The system then uses the distance travelled and the time taken to calculate the vehicle’s average speed.
If that average exceeds the stipulated speed limit, the vehicle will be flagged for a speeding violation.
In other words, slowing down only when passing one camera will not necessarily solve the problem. What matters is how quickly the vehicle covers the entire monitored stretch.
Traffic Police is currently progressively testing and calibrating EASE, so this is not yet live enforcement.
No summonses will be issued for vehicles flagged during the trial. Police said more information will be released when the system is ready to become operational.
The police have not announced the precise BKE enforcement zone or a date for actual enforcement.
Average Speed Cameras Aren’t Completely New Here
The concept has already been used elsewhere in Singapore.
Traffic Police has operated average speed cameras along Tanah Merah Coast Road since December 2018. Those cameras similarly record vehicles at different points and calculate their average speed over the enforcement zone.
What is new is Traffic Police testing an expressway-specific average speed enforcement system, starting with the BKE.
The expressway has already received additional attention over speeding.
A mobile speed camera along the BKE towards Woodlands, after the Turf Club Avenue exit at around the 9km mark, became operational on 1 July 2026. LTA had also installed speed regulating strips near BKE Exit 10B in November 2025 to encourage motorists to slow down.
More Speeding Violations Detected This Year
The trial comes as the number of speeding violations detected continues to rise.
Police recorded 126,976 speeding violations in the first half of 2026, 6.1 per cent more than during the same period in 2025. Police said the increase may partly be due to stronger enforcement and the activation of speed enforcement functions in more red-light cameras.
Singapore also recorded 3,929 traffic accidents resulting in injuries or deaths in the first half of the year, up 2.7 per cent from 3,826 a year earlier.
The number of casualties rose 3.6 per cent to 5,151.
There was, however, an improvement in fatalities. Road deaths fell from 79 in the first half of 2025 to 61 in the same period this year.
Traffic Police said speed remains an important road-safety factor because travelling more slowly gives motorists more time to react and can reduce the severity of a crash.
So for now, the BKE cameras are still being tested. Once the system goes live, though, watching your speed only when you are directly beside a camera may no longer be enough.
