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SINGAPORE : A Traffic Police operation in Tuas on Wednesday morning carried out to nab speeding heavy vehicles also resulted in 620 cars being clocked exceeding the speed limit. They will be fined for speeding. The Traffic Police mounted the operation along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), just before the slip road to Benoi Road and Gul Way. Between 8.10am and 11.10am, 12 heavy vehicles were caught speeding while 620 cars exceeded the 90 km/h speed limit for cars. The Traffic Police said they are clamping down on speeding heavy vehicles with mobile speed cameras and frequent patrols, especially in the Tuas area. Their efforts have paid off in reducing the number of accidents and fatalities. Between January and June this year, there were 114 accidents involving prime movers, tipper trucks and trailers compared to 123 accidents during the same period last year. There were 16 injured drivers and heavy vehicle passengers in the first six months of this year and also during the same period last year. One person died during that six-month period last year, while there have been no fatalities so far in the first six months of this year. On Wednesday, a tipper truck driver was also pulled over by the Traffic Police for speeding at 73 km/h. The speed limit for heavy vehicles on the AYE is 60km/h. The driver was led to a vehicle inspection centre in Pioneer Road where the speed limiter of his truck was tested and it was found to be faulty. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1140669/1/.html

Happening right now dunno y no travel advisory Lockdown enforced: Tear gas and water cannons fired http://thestar.com.my/news/story-lite.asp?...&sec=nation http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/July9cr...t___b_/Article/

Errant truckers' crackdown 22 nabbed for speeding, 227 summonses issued in 10 joint operations since May By Sujin Thomas THE traffic authorities mounted a crackdown on heavy vehicle drivers yesterday for speeding and other traffic offences. It was the 10th joint operation by the Traffic Police, Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Jurong Inspection Centre held since May to clamp down on errant drivers of heavy vehicles, whose numbers have been rising. Drivers who got pulled over yesterday received warnings or summonses on the spot. One of the luckier ones was a cement-mixer driver who wanted to be known only as Mr Lew. He was stopped at a roadblock in Tampines Link, a popular road that heavy vehicles ply daily. An LTA officer who inspected his cement mixer found its brake lights to be faulty and the licence plates covered in mud. 'I'll fix it now, I'll fix it now,' he said repeatedly in Malay before being let off with a warning. He immediately got down to fixing the problem - replacing the brake light bulbs and scrubbing down his licence plates with water - in a nearby heavy vehicle wash. The 54-year-old driver, who has more than 20 years of experience driving heavy vehicles, said: 'Luckily they didn't issue me with a summons.' Traffic Police senior staff sergeant Mohd Fadzil, 34, told The Straits Times: 'Drivers usually say they didn't know when we catch them for not displaying their speed-limiter labels or for not carrying a breakdown sign with them. 'But those caught for speeding usually don't say much because we clock speeds with our laser speed guns. They'll just ask for another chance.' Speed limits for heavy vehicles vary between 40kmh and 60kmh. In the 10 operations mounted from May, 22 heavy vehicle drivers were caught speeding while 66 summonses were issued for offences involving the speed limiter, a device which prevents the vehicle from travelling beyond its speed limit. A further 161 summonses were issued for other violations. In all, 1,397 heavy vehicle drivers were nabbed in the first half of this year for flouting road rules. The figure was 1,160 for the whole of last year. Oil reservoir analyst Tuang Kwong Feng, 44, said that although the clampdown was a step in the right direction, more needs to be done to curb speeding. 'Heavy vehicle drivers earn money from the number of trips they make, so they often drive recklessly,' he said. Educational posters were also handed out to drivers and many were advised on road safety rules. Roving teams of Traffic Police officers on motorcycles and patrol cars also conducted checks in the vicinity. Last Tuesday, a National University of Singapore professor was killed after being hit by a heavy vehicle at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Road. [email protected] http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_275411.html

2008/06/19 Call to postpone crackdown on MPVs with tinted glass Email to friend Print article KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA Public Services and Complaints Department has appealed to the government to postpone its July 1 crackdown on multipurpose vehicles (MPVs) with heavily-tinted glass. Last month, the government announced that owners of these vehicles would be slapped with a RM200 fine. However, department head Datuk Michael Chong said most foreign-made cars (none other than Sgp registered vehicles), especially MPVs, were sold with heavily-tinted glass to allow its occupants a level of privacy (not only MPVs, saloons also come fitted with factory privacy glass). However, Chong said he understood the security concerns that cars with tinted windows posed. "I understand the point of view of the police and the government, too," he said, adding, however, that if the government could not exempt MPVs from the law, then it should allow owners time to sort out the problem. Chong said he had met Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat and his secretary-general Datuk Zakaria Bahari to find a solution for MPVs. "The government is looking into the matter and will get back to me." The Transport Ministry said those allowed to drive vehicles with heavily-tinted glass would have to show proof that they had permission from the government to do so. Under the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Certain Types of Glass) Rules 1991, the chief judge and top ranking police and army officers are exempted from the ruling. Car owners have to comply with the rule that there is 70 per cent light penetration for the front windscreen and 50 per cent light penetration for the rear windscreen (Sgp is 25%) and side windows. In preparation for the crackdown, the police and Road Transport Department have purchased gadgets able to check the light penetration during the day and night. In the past, enforcement officers only had gadgets which could check light penetration during the day. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thu...icle/index_html unless you are a billionaire........ http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Fri...2247859/Article [/color]Duhhh... I am getting tired with this kinda news. One after another. Last time was not ok, then OK'ed by JPJ (remember when Msian High Commisioner in Sgp fought for this case?). It cooled off. Now appears again. Dont tell us it is a payback time for them, aiming Sgp cars but disguising as if targeting locals (due to the recent fuel hike saga?) My personal take is that they are targeting aftermarket heavily tinted glass, not factory fitted ones. What say you?