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Two men who drove without a valid driving licence will be charged in court on Wednesday (July 29), the police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One case involves a 22-year-old man who was caught driving two unregistered cars just four days apart.<\/p>\n
Police said the man was stopped for the first time by the traffic police along Bedok Reservoir Road at about 12.50am on June 14.<\/p>\n
He was found to be driving a deregistered car without a valid driving licence.<\/p>\n
On June 18, at about 10.20pm, he was caught again, this time driving another deregistered car along Edgedale Plains in Punggol.<\/p>\n
He will face charges of driving without a valid driving licence, using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage, and using a deregistered vehicle.<\/p>\n
In another case, a 50-year-old motorist was stopped by a traffic police officer along Jurong West Street 73 at about 5.20am on April 14.<\/p>\n
He did not have a valid driving licence, said police.<\/p>\n
The man will be charged with driving without a valid driving licence and using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage.<\/p>\n
First-time offenders who drive without a valid driving licence may be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to three years, or both.<\/p>\n
Repeat offenders face a fine of up to $20,000 or a jail term of up to six years, or both.<\/p>\n
For using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage, one could face a fine of up to $1,000 or up to three months jail, or both.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the offence of using a deregistered vehicle carries a fine of up to $20,000, or an imprisonment term of up to two years, or both.<\/p>\n
Repeat offenders may be fined up to $40,000, or jailed up to four years, or both.<\/p>\n
The traffic police said it takes a serious view of those <\/strong>who drive without a valid driving licence or operate deregistered vehicles.<\/p>\n “Such reckless and irresponsible acts endanger the safety of the driver and other road users,” it stated.<\/p>\n [[nid:741248]]<\/p>\n lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Two men who drove without a valid driving licence will be charged in court on Wednesday (July 29), the police said.\u00a0 One case involves a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72530,"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-72529","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\/72529","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=72529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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