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How Singapore could further improve road safety, from safer bus rides to higher fines for the rich

Dozens of suggestions were made on this topic in Parliament during the second reading of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill on Monday last week. While several creative ideas were mooted, how feasible are they and, more importantly, would they work? Fabian Koh and Charmaine Ng take a closer look at some of these suggestions.

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Fabian Koh, Charmaine Ng

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Safer bus rides

The accident rate for SBS Transit buses has dropped by 20 per cent since the company adopted technology that alerts drivers to impending collisions.
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