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SINGAPORE \u2013 A total of 14 drivers were banned from entering Singapore over the June holidays after they were caught for traffic offences at Woodlands Checkpoint, as the authorities stepped up checks on errant drivers.<\/p>\n
They were among 52 motorists caught for traffic offences, queue-cutting and \u201cother dangerous road behaviour\u201d during that period, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a statement on July 8.<\/p>\n
The school holidays were from May 30 to June 28.<\/p>\n
ICA said 45 motorists were nabbed at the checkpoint\u2019s departure area for offences such as crossing double white lines, making illegal right turns, stopping in positions likely to cause danger, obstruction or undue inconvenience, and queue-cutting.<\/p>\n
Of the 45 motorists, 34 were told to make a U-turn and rejoin the queue and 11 drivers of foreign-registered vehicles were banned from entering Singapore. Twenty-seven of those 45 motorists were referred to the Traffic Police for further action.<\/p>\n
At the checkpoint\u2019s arrival area, seven motorists were caught for queue-cutting and crossing double white lines.<\/p>\n
Among them, three drivers of foreign-registered vehicles were banned from entry into Singapore, while four motorists were referred to the Traffic Police for further action.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe seek travellers\u2019 continued patience and understanding, and ask them to cooperate with our officers, comply with traffic laws and maintain lane discipline when using the land checkpoints, to create a safer and more pleasant experience for all,\u201d ICA said.<\/p>\n
The authority had advised motorists to follow traffic rules<\/span><\/a> over Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day and the June school holidays, while warning them to expect heavy traffic at the land checkpoints during these periods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A total of 14 drivers were banned from entering Singapore over the June holidays after they were caught for traffic offences at Woodlands…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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