The road to safer streets runs through trust, not just surveillance
The new law empowering public reporting of traffic offences is necessary. What we build around it as a society is equally important.
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Under the new Bill, holding a phone while the vehicle is moving is an offence, making far more public submissions actionable than before.
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Krishnan Menon
There is a straightforward and watertight case for the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill tabled by the Ministry of Home Affairs on July 7.
Traffic deaths in Singapore rose 24 per cent between 2021 and 2025 – 149 people did not make it home from our roads in 2025, a disheartening 10-year high.
