hello,
looking for some info from the veterans on this forum
while driving in front of Tiong Bahru Plaza (just before the bus
stop in front of the plaza), I drove past the traffic light when it
was red. I had my sun protector down and unfortunately my view was
obstructed and I missed the traffic light. I realized something was
amiss, lowered my body to peer through the protector and saw the
light was red. Very lame scenario to me, couldn't believe it
actually happened!!
really shocked, since I had no intention to even beat the
traffic light and was travelling at around 50 km/h then - I should
have noticed that. I went to google the road (where they take the
pictures of the road), there is no 3-arrow pattern and there seems
to be no camera. Still it offers little comfort to me since such
mistake should not have happened in the first place!
I have these questions that perhaps somebody on this forum knows
something about them:
1) I'd like to know how long it will take for me to know if it's
really recorded by TP. been reading widely on the Internet; some
say it's 2 weeks, some say it's 2 months. What is the typical
waiting time?
2) Since I'm still on p-plate, will the demerit points stay for
the next one year since the offence date? e.g. if the offence
happened on 25 October 2012, the demerit points will remain until
26 October 2013, meaning I will only have 1 point to spare until
that date
Or the demerit points will be reset to zero when the driving
license is 1-year old (e.g. if the license is issue on 1 June 2012,
the demerit points will be reset to zero on 1 June 2013 instead of
26 October 2013, meaning I will have back 12 points to spare or 24
points to spare)
just want to have some clarity here since that computation seems
to be a mystery to many
3) Some say that it's possible to appeal through our MP. is this
possible?
still wondering what happened to me on that day that I didn't
notice that traffic light
Thanks to those who read and offer your helpful pointers to my
queries.
