More 'bao toh kia' on the roads
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more kapo chee and kapo lan, doing all this shit, for nothing in return.
only if its serious and life threatening then report, else why waste effort
In-car cameras drive more to report offences
Published on Sep 15, 2013
A camera mounted on a rear-view mirror. The Traffic Police and GIA are exploring means to encourage the installation of such cameras in vehicles. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
With more motorists installing surveillance cameras in their vehicles, some have taken to playing traffic vigilantes when they capture footage of others breaking the rules.
"It's like a neighbourhood watch group, except it's on the road," said Mr Jonathan Thong, 45, who has submitted 12 such videos to the Traffic Police in the past year.
The project manager and father of two believes he is helping to promote road safety. If errant drivers know their behaviour might be recorded and reported to the authorities, they may be encouraged to be more courteous on the road, he said.
The videos he sent to the Traffic Police were taken on different occasions and included incidents of motorists who made illegal turns, crossed double white lines and stopped in yellow boxes.
In the first half of this year, there were 171,211 traffic violations recorded compared with 154,049 in the same period last year.
Traffic Police statistics show such violations have been rising since 2010, with 330,909 recorded last year, up from 316,214 in 2011 and 304,472 in 2010.
Traffic Police Commander Cheang Keng Keong told The Sunday Times his department has been receiving an increasing amount of public feedback about errant motorists.
These complaints have led to increased enforcement. He said: "Such efforts by the community in providing feedback on traffic violations are actually commendable and are encouraged."
The police were not able to say how many motorists have been booked as a result of complaints from other motorists.
Lawyer Chia Boon Teck warned that vigilantes should not think that it takes only an e-mail for police to prosecute another road user.
"As the complainant, the vigilante must testify in court if the 'offender' disputes the video footage," he explained. "As a witness in court, the vigilante's identity and particulars will be known to the 'offender'. The vigilante should not think that he can remain anonymous in this whole process."
Should an alleged offender challenge the authenticity of the footage, the person who provided it would have to validate it in court, added Mr Chia.
Mr Derek Teo, executive director of General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA), felt that as motorists become aware of the presence of such recording devices, the in-car cameras could help promote safe driving.
Most motorists install the devices, which cost between $200 and $500, mainly to record evidence in the event of an accident, said Mr Jack Seah, 41, owner of Darren Auto. "Such evidence would come in useful during squabbles between parties involved in the accident," said Mr Seah, who sells and installs about 30 such cameras a month.
To encourage more motorists to install such cameras, the Traffic Police and the GIA are studying the possibility of a motor insurance premium discount for those with the devices in their vehicles.
Mr Pan Jing Long, head of general insurance at Aviva Singapore, said about one in 50 car insurance claims received by Aviva Singapore comes with video evidence.
He said: "This is still a relatively small number but it has actually doubled compared to two years ago."
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this thong who has summited 12 video of others to tp, hope that he will also be in other recording..
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if u behave well on the road...why worry. Unless....
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In-car camera is good if you use it "correctly"....
Using the footage just to vent your own anger, than I think you are worst than a chao ah gua....
Like in army, if you expect your man to clear IPPT in Gold standard, make sure you also get Gold award yourself....
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good
it promotes safe driving
we need more of such people
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Originally posted by laurence82:
good
it promotes safe driving
we need more of such people
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this kind of jackass is the first to betray the country..
well done , keep it up.. promote this kind of traitors n want to talk abt protecting sg?
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Well, there are lots of attention seekers out there, and nobody can control a personal stuff like cam, photos, videos and even yr facebook, emails and so on if you wish to expose it.
And then, on the other hand, there are people get bashed, fired, degraded and even catch with the laws in too much exposure. Many still do not understand the impact of social video, cam and media.
But then like it or not, this is the world we are living in, thing like you can get video'ed in geyland if you are not careful, but for a cheap TD like me, what is the big deal.
At the end of the day, as said, this are beyong control, not even the govt can fully control it, because it both help the govt and at the same time, can also destroy them such as their images. And for this case, the former is true, it helped the govt, especially so for the TP, now they can have more time to sit in their office, drink nicer coffee at Ubi office and wait for contributors like above.
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Originally posted by FireIce:
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This is called "eat full, too much energy, nothing to do".
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Any drivers can't be a perfect when driving on the road. We do make mistakes at times. Dashcam is a perfect way of capturing road accident, excessive speeding driver or those really bad attitute drivers who purposely drive that style. However, those who submit videos of small little minor fault that a driver make is really bo liao. Perhaps an example is the wheels having to cross the double white line due to other road hazards along that lane. I am sure those who loves submitting minor mistakes of others will one fine day make mistake themselves when on the road. If the driver can claim to be perfect driver, would you be convinced?
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Originally posted by Ee Hoe Hean Club:
This is called "eat full, too much energy, nothing to do".
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Originally posted by Simplemindsg:
Any drivers can't be a perfect when driving on the road. We do make mistakes at times. Dashcam is a perfect way of capturing road accident, excessive speeding driver or those really bad attitute drivers who purposely drive that style. However, those who submit videos of small little minor fault that a driver make is really bo liao. Perhaps an example is the wheels having to cross the double white line due to other road hazards along that lane. I am sure those who loves submitting minor mistakes of others will one fine day make mistake themselves when on the road. If the driver can claim to be perfect driver, would you be convinced?
He sent his cam, they send, she send, end up I think TP have to open a big department call Cam submission dept.Even walking also can knock into others, not said on the road
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Read what Lawyer Chia Boon Teck said. These ppl happy happy send video to police. One day, they kena challenged and must appear in court to testify and be grilled by the lawyers, then they see whether next time wan to kaypoh anot..
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If use for this purpose than I no objection...
