Man arrested for killing 66-year-old woman and driving without licence after ramming into Geylang pasar malam

[xcodes]

By precedence, fine plus driving ban

and add caning with a minimum of 2 strokes for causing death to others because of the lack of required driving license ...

 

[Bardiel]

no license can drive off a rental car.

bcos he is in a car i bet nth much will happen. confirm no hang even murder

 

[newcell]

Driver without licence.
Read so often these days.
Authorities like still monitoring.

 

[UptheToon]

Most likely will be a few months jail. From track record.

 

[deathan9el]

how was the layout of the pasar malam anw
like those on the side of the streets?

 

[sickoflife]

and add caning with a minimum of 2 strokes for causing death to others because of the lack of required driving license ...

Hah you wish. The AT PR who killed three pedestrians walking on pavement didn’t have a valid driving license was fined $1.4K and banned from driving for a year.

 

[Water Bottle]

He used someone else's license to rent? If so, the person who processed his application didn't notice the difference in appearance or the two look exactly the same? Also, if the person whose license he used gave it willingly, he should be punished as well.

Both driver & the account lender ought to be charge. Infact all their immediate families for both parties should be charge as well. For bring such wicked people into this world.

 

[ExcuseRMJ]

need to increase punishment for these kind of cases. Otherwise the culprits think small matter nia

 

[pwongkk]

If you noticed, times have moved ahead, yet enforcement and laws failed to catch up. And almost very negligible enforcement carried out.

All very reactive and not proactive.

 

[enimen]

This time round, who can GetGo claim from since the guy no license, no insurance. Likely will go jail and also likely no money and don't intend to pay

 

[mocax]

should make it death penalty for unlicensed driving and causing death...

 

[messidona]

40yo still no driving license. what a loser

if license kena kantong then shouldn't drive since this loser can't even drive properly

 

[Mechafanboy]

This one need to punish gao gao. Max penalty. Our traffic laws need a major update. Too soft on errant drivers, especially ones that kill...

 

[uselessbum]

This one need to punish gao gao. Max penalty. Our traffic laws need a major update. Too soft on errant drivers, especially ones that kill...

The irony is that they recently backtracked on minimum penalties for dangerous traffic offences, including lowering the minimum penalty for those that result in serious injuries or even DEATHS for REPEAT offenders.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...rous-driving-offences-to-kick-in-from-june-12

The first tranche of amendments in
the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
will lower the mandatory minimum jail terms for repeat offenders of dangerous driving causing death or grievous hurt to two years’ jail and one year’s jail, respectively.

 

[cybertech]

yes is about time to have heavy sentences for those who drove (whether got license or not) and kill someone and not the current smlj $3k fine and 6 months jail.

 

[batdow]

maybe a few months jail and a driving ban but likely he will drive another getgo again

 

[Mechafanboy]

The irony is that they recently backtracked on minimum penalties for dangerous traffic offences, including lowering the minimum penalty for those that result in serious injuries or even deaths for REPEAT offenders.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...rous-driving-offences-to-kick-in-from-june-12

Yes, I am well aware of it. It's a controversial change which the public did not ask for. how far the ruling party has fallen.

 

[arm4da]

The irony is that they recently backtracked on minimum penalties for dangerous traffic offences, including lowering the minimum penalty for those that result in serious injuries or even DEATHS for REPEAT offenders.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...rous-driving-offences-to-kick-in-from-june-12

did you read the whole article?

Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim had said in Parliament on Jan 7 that the amendments do not mean the Government is signalling a more lenient stance towards repeat offenders.

Rather, the changes were made to recalibrate the balance between deterrence and proportionality.

Prosecutors will also be given more flexibility to proceed on a “hurt” charge even when “grievous hurt” is caused, he said.

This is to enable the prosecution to take into account other circumstances that could have been involved. They include the nature of the victim’s injury and whether other road users were partly responsible for the accident.

The refreshed Act will also adjust how motorists’ track records affect their classification as repeat offenders for dangerous or careless driving offences.

Under the new Act, motorists will be classified as repeat offenders only if they have at least two prior speeding convictions in excess of 40kmh of the road or vehicle’s speed limit.

At least two of the speeding convictions will also need to have occurred within five years of the dangerous or careless driving offence they are currently facing.

Motorists with previous convictions for dangerous or careless driving, or found to have conducted illegal speed trials, will continue to be classified as repeat offenders if found to have committed another similar offence.

 

[uselessbum]

did you read the whole article?

Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim had said in Parliament on Jan 7 that the amendments do not mean the Government is signalling a more lenient stance towards repeat offenders.

Rather, the changes were made to recalibrate the balance between deterrence and proportionality.

Prosecutors will also be given more flexibility to proceed on a “hurt” charge even when “grievous hurt” is caused, he said.

This is to enable the prosecution to take into account other circumstances that could have been involved. They include the nature of the victim’s injury and whether other road users were partly responsible for the accident.

The refreshed Act will also adjust how motorists’ track records affect their classification as repeat offenders for dangerous or careless driving offences.

Under the new Act, motorists will be classified as repeat offenders only if they have at least two prior speeding convictions in excess of 40kmh of the road or vehicle’s speed limit.

At least two of the speeding convictions will also need to have occurred within five years of the dangerous or careless driving offence they are currently facing.

Motorists with previous convictions for dangerous or careless driving, or found to have conducted illegal speed trials, will continue to be classified as repeat offenders if found to have committed another similar offence.

Yes, and?

What I'm saying is that it is being more lenient on them, IMO. Especially when deaths are involved. They could have caveats to the law without lowering the minimum. Just like there are exceptions (as culpable homicide instead) to murder without having to reduce the DP for murder itself.

 

[viethai]

Cant expect much from the useless traffic law