Police to take action against owners of 141 lorries who failed to install speed limiters by deadline

The next statutory deadline for speed limiter installation is Jul 1, 2026, for lorries registered before Jan 1, 2018, with a maximum laden weight between 3,501kg and 5,000kg.

“(The traffic police) would like to remind lorry owners that non-compliant lorries will be prohibited from being driven, and their road tax cannot be renewed,” SPF said.

“Companies which engage the services of non-compliant lorries should beware that this may result in denied insurance claims, since it is an offence for these vehicles to be driven without a speed limiter,” the police added.

SPF also advised companies to check before engaging lorries for services whether the vehicles have had speed limiters installed and the statutory deadlines for doing so that apply to them.

Lorry owners who are caught operating a lorry without a required speed limiter face a fine of up to S$1,000 (US$780) or up to three months’ jail for a first offence. Repeat offenders may be fined up to S$2,000 or face up to six months in jail.

Effective Jan 1, companies whose drivers are caught speeding in lorries will be issued a remedial order for committing unsafe acts at work, which will require them to install speed limiters across all their remaining lorries ahead of the statutory deadlines for the vehicles.

Non-compliance with the remedial order will result in fines of up to S$50,000.

The speed limiter requirement is also part of the management audits conducted by the Workplace Safety and Health Council as part of the bizSAFE certification and renewal process. 

Companies found operating lorries without speed limiters will be flagged during audits and may be unable to obtain or renew their bizSAFE certification.

“(The traffic police) urges lorry owners who have yet to install speed limiters to do so well before the statutory deadline through authorised agents, to avoid the penalties and inconveniences of non-compliance,” SPF said.