So I got "pulled over" today...

[zzm9980]

Today I was doing my best to assimilate with Singaporean society, so I left my car parked next to a double yellow on Holland Rd with the blinkers on while I went to get coffee and go to the ATM. (There were at least three other cars doing this!) When I got back, of course my car was the only one still there and a Singapore police office was patiently waiting right next to my car.

He politely asked for my license, and told me he wouldn't be giving me a parking citation, but I would need to wait five minutes. He keyed in a bunch of stuff directly into what looked like radio (with my license in hand, so I assume it was my FIN) and waited. It beeped a few times, he keyed in something else, then said I could go.

So what exactly happened? Was he just checking my record? Or is this a Singaporean way of recording my 'warning' in case I get caught again?

[Saint]

The really reason why you didn't a ticket is because the Police can no longer give parking tickets for double yellow line offences. This was outsourced a couple of years ago.

[the lynx]

The really reason why you didn't a ticket is because the Police can no longer give parking tickets for double yellow line offences. This was outsourced a couple of years ago.

...by URA

[zzm9980]

The really reason why you didn't a ticket is because the Police can no longer give parking tickets for double yellow line offences. This was outsourced a couple of years ago.

Wow, thank you capitalism!

So what was he doing then, just checking up on me?

[sundaymorningstaple]

He probably sent the information to LTA and you will get a ticket summons via the post. They rarely if ever use the manual method any more.

Lynx, are you sure it's URA? I though I paid my double yellow line offense several months ago via the LTA site. I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure it was LTA. (Got the dang thing while at Mad Jacks at Jln Kayu one evening).

https://onepay.onemotoring.com.sg/onepay/index.do

http://ask.lta.gov.sg/home/lta/exploref ... id=9274006

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/o ... rking.html

[Strong Eagle]

It's LTA. And you might get lucky... just a warning ticket.

[the lynx]

He probably sent the information to LTA and you will get a ticket summons via the post. They rarely if ever use the manual method any more.

Lynx, are you sure it's URA? I though I paid my double yellow line offense several months ago via the LTA site. I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure it was LTA. (Got the dang thing while at Mad Jacks at Jln Kayu one evening).

https://onepay.onemotoring.com.sg/onepay/index.do

http://ask.lta.gov.sg/home/lta/exploref ... id=9274006

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/o ... rking.html

Oh wait, I guess you are right. URA is for regular parking offences. Stand corrected.

[zzm9980]

It's LTA. And you might get lucky... just a warning ticket.

I hope so. He said specifically he wasn't going to give me a a parking citation "today". I hope that today wasn't meant to be taken literally...

[bluenose]

I got a note throught the door last week from Traffic Police Dept saying I was clocked doing 63 on a 50 stretch at Orchard Boulevard on a sunday a week ago.....
They said no fine/points just a warning to be careful....
Who said Singaporeans were all narrow minded, by the book, do as your told numptys.....

This guy obviously wasn't.....either that or he sent the wrong letter to me by mistake

[nakatago]

I got a note throught the door last week from Traffic Police Dept saying I was clocked doing 63 on a 50 stretch at Orchard Boulevard on a sunday a week ago.....
They said no fine/points just a warning to be careful....
Who said Singaporeans were all narrow minded, by the book, do as your told numptys.....

This guy obviously wasn't.....either that or he sent the wrong letter to me by mistake

From what I gather, some of the law enforcement types fudge the line a bit maybe because it's not worth the hassle. I was jaywalking once and I realized a cop car was right there. They totally ignored me.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Sometimes they are just the opposite as well. I got ticketed along with about 25 others because we stepped off the curb opposite AMK MRT while the redman was still red! The had a whole posse there to round us all up when we reached the other side!

[nakatago]

So, in other words, it can be pretty arbitrary.

(shrug)

[x9200]

I got a note throught the door last week from Traffic Police Dept saying I was clocked doing 63 on a 50 stretch at Orchard Boulevard on a sunday a week ago.....
They said no fine/points just a warning to be careful....
Who said Singaporeans were all narrow minded, by the book, do as your told numptys.....

This guy obviously wasn't.....either that or he sent the wrong letter to me by mistake

From what I gather, some of the law enforcement types fudge the line a bit maybe because it's not worth the hassle. I was jaywalking once and I realized a cop car was right there. They totally ignored me.

This happens very frequently because police here is rather reasonable (much more than in Europe at least). Unless you are doing something really bad they will probably do nothing. Just from what can be sees on the roads here every single day, 95% of the drivers would lose their licenses in a day if the police go strict (and have means to execute the law).

[sundaymorningstaple]

^^^ Ain't that the truth!

[revhappy]

I got a note throught the door last week from Traffic Police Dept saying I was clocked doing 63 on a 50 stretch at Orchard Boulevard on a sunday a week ago.....
They said no fine/points just a warning to be careful....
Who said Singaporeans were all narrow minded, by the book, do as your told numptys.....

This guy obviously wasn't.....either that or he sent the wrong letter to me by mistake

You are really lucky to get just warning. From the Singapore bikes forum I have read about new riders gettin their licences suspended due to too many demerit points because of repeat offences of overspeeding done in a matter of days and they didn't even receive the 1st offence letter and they had committed the next one. Be very careful, like the BTT book says "driving is a privilege and not a right"