Driver Demerit Points

Taxilim88 SG

You want to know how many demerit points you have and print your Certificate of Merit for the insurance discount, go to this website:

https://www.psi.gov.sg/NASApp/tmf/TMFServlet?app=SPF-PTD-EDDIES-II&Reload=true

Now a test question:

You committed traffic offences on the following dates and got the demerit points as follows:

a.5 Jan 2010 and got 6 demerit points.

b.10 Dec 2010 and got 8 demerit points.

c. 5 June 2011 and got 8 demerit points.

Total demerit points so far : 22 points.

Then on 5 Mar 2012, more than 24 months after you first got your demerit points, you committed another traffic offence and got 8 demerit points.

Question: Will your licence be suspended?

1. Yes

2. No

Who says the answer is No? Kee Chiu.

nick34 SG

Must keep 12months free from dp then get back ... so answer is yes ... suspended

Taxilim88 SG

Must keep 12months free from dp then get back ... so answer is yes ... suspended

Correct. The licence will be suspended.

A lot of ppl mistakenly believe that as long as they have not hit 24 demerit points 2 years after their first offence, their total points will automatically be erased and reset to zero.

So, in the test question example, some may think that after 5 Jan 2012 which is 24 months after the first offence, the total 22 points accumulated would be reset to zero. Wrong. Because from 10 Dec 2010 until 5 Mar 2012, which is less than 24 months, the offender already accumulated 24 points.

But you rightly pointed out that there is an incentive. If you do not get any demerit points within any consecutive 12 month period, all your previous points will be erased and you start from zero again.

So, no need to wait 24 months. As long as for the next 12 months, no demerit points, then all previous points are erased.

nick34 SG

Got prize?

Rbs70 SG

Onang Onang course conducted here?.....

nick34 SG

The system now is easier than in the past which is the 2yrs erase dp policy.

As long as you remember your last offence date plus 12months free of dp then will erase. Else it will just add up to your existing points.

You have like kana minor offence like 3pts.. but if you keep getting within a yr... it will never be erase.

Example

3rd jan 2012 3pts

2nd jan 2013 3pts

1st jan 2014 3pts

30 dec 2014 3pts

29 dec 2015 3pts

You will still have 15pts since its not a full year of demerit points hence points accumulated.

Taxilim88 SG

Got prize?

Got lah... nah..

bowah SG

I heard now TP is giving fuel vouchers for those who was noticed to have good driving habit, like give way, signal on time, give way to old people, ..So, now not only TP give you demerit, they also give you merits.

So, now I will drive more slowly, patient and dun cut other lanes, see if i can give the fuel vouchers.

nick34 SG

As for cert of merit (COM), you need to drive for 3 yrs free from demerit points.

And usually insurance company dont bother to check so you got to inform your agent that you got tp 5% discount.

So if you got 50% ncd + 5% com, its a 55% off your insurance premium

bowah SG

These few days I tried to drive slowly, obey all laws, but knn, those sonatas, mercs, i30, i40, epica and all other lanjiao ho li ka taxis keep cutting into my lanes for paxs, OBK big time.

Better forget about the merit, cb only $20 to $50 fuel voucher, but I lost out many potential pax.

Rbs70 SG

These few days I tried to drive slowly, obey all laws, but knn, those sonatas, mercs, i30, i40, epica and all other lanjiao ho li ka taxis keep cutting into my lanes for paxs, OBK big time.

Better forget about the merit, cb only $20 to $50 fuel voucher, but I lost out many potential pax.

I thought merit only for private register car......

Taxi got la, CDG give non-accident bonus quarterly, I think $50 if I still can remember, correct me if I'm wrong......

bowah SG

I dunno, taxi companies nowaday got all kind of pattern in motivation to their gain, then change here and there to lure hirer in, i only super relief

Taxilim88 SG

For your reading pleasure. Drive Safe.

Remember : Give way even if you have the right of way. For everytime you give way, you bring blessings to your family. And everytime you refuse to give way, your family gets cursed.

Incentive among measures Traffic Police studying to cut accident rates

A video-recording device (centre) capturing footage of two men arguing while standing in front of a car. The in-vehicle camera scheme that is under study is part of moves to change driver behaviour. -- ST PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: TREVOR TAN

- ST PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: TREVOR TAN

Improving driver behaviour is key to lowering accident rates, says Traffic Police Commander Cheang Keng Keong. -- PHOTO: MY PAPER

Motorists who install video-recording devices in their vehicles could get discounts on their motor insurance premiums.

This possible incentive is being studied by a working group formed by the Traffic Police and the General Insurance Association (GIA).

Both see the move as a way to encourage better behaviour on the road, Traffic Police Commander Cheang Keng Keong told The Straits Times this week.

Improving driver behaviour, he said, was key to lowering accident rates.

Moves to make S'pore roads safer

Under consideration:

Measures the Traffic Police plan to implement: