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A trailer driver caused a near-miss involving a bus<\/a> and a car in Jurong on Friday (Sept 4) after running a red light along Jurong Port Road.<\/p>\n Dashcam footage of the incident shared with SG Road Vigilante and posted on its Facebook shows the trailer turning onto Corporation Road from Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at about 12pm.<\/p>\n As the light turns red along Corporation Road, other vehicles are seen slowing down and coming to a stop.<\/p>\n The trailer driver, however, did not stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n His action caused the trailer to nearly collide with the bus and a black saloon car that were moving off.<\/p>\n Fortunately, no injuries were reported and a collision was avoided, as the trailer driver swerved in time and both the Tower Transit bus and car drivers managed to stop before impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n In response to AsiaOne’s queries, the police confirmed that they are aware of the incident and are looking into it.<\/p>\n The offence of failing to conform to traffic light signals carries a fine of $500 for heavy vehicle drivers and 12 demerit points.<\/p>\n From January 2027, the Driver Improvement Points System (DIPS)<\/a> will be revised.<\/p>\n Following the revision, the number of demerit points that can be accumulated before suspension will drop from 24 to 18.<\/p>\n This comes as Singapore recorded an increase in the number of accidents resulting in injuries<\/a> in the first half of 2026, with 3,869 cases.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, under the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill passed in Parliament on Aug 4, a new offence of purposeful endangerment<\/a> was introduced.\u00a0<\/p>\n This deals with a motorist who deliberately endangers another person using a vehicle and causing death.<\/p>\n “The Government’s view is that such conduct must face harsher consequences,” Second Minister for Home Affairs Sim Ann stated at the Second Reading of the Bill.<\/p>\n She also noted that the existing Road Traffic Act does not adequately distinguish between purposeful endangerment and dangerous driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n Under the new offence, offenders could face jail of up to 15 years, discretionary caning and a fine, once it comes into effect.<\/p>\n [[nid:744573]]<\/p>\n editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A trailer driver caused a near-miss involving a bus and a car in Jurong on Friday (Sept 4) after running a red light along Jurong…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83074,"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-83073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83073","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=83073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tougher traffic laws to curb road deaths and injuries<\/h2>\n
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