45 vehicles caught travelling abv 110km/hr on the KPE
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1 was caught travelling at 140km/hr
These ppl gone case liao, license can be suspended (Serious case for cars found travelling 40km/hr abv the legal speed limit) -
About 600 motorists caught speeding every day since new KPE opened
02 November 2007 2143 hrs (SST) 1343 hrs (GMT)
SINGAPORE: About 600 motorists are caught speeding on the newly-opened Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) each day.
Cameras installed in the tunnel have captured 3,378 vehicles travelling above the speed limit of 70 kilometres per hour since it was opened a week ago.
The traffic police said this is cause for alarm because on average 10,000 speeding summons are issued in a month.
Many people do not know there are now digital speed cameras operating 24 hours a day in the tunnel. And many motorists are not fully aware that the speed limit in the tunnel is 70 kilometres per hour, not 90 kilometres per hour as in some expressways.
"In many countries, speeds in tunnels are always lower than (those) in open expressways. And in Mont Blanc where a serious accident happened before, the speed limit is now 50km/h, much lower than the 70km/h that we have in the KPE tunnel," said Land Transport Authority (LTA) Â’s transportation chief engineer Chin Kian Keong.
To guide motorists, the LTA has put up signages and road markings.
"The figures are high because motorists are in fact speeding. They are not travelling within the speed limit of 70 kilometres an hour. They may also not be aware that there are cameras operating 24/7Â… Our aim at the end of the day is to bring the number to zero," said Traffic PoliceÂ’s Deputy Superintendent Alvin Lee Fook Wing.
Those caught speeding in the KPE in its first week will receive advisory letters or summons over the next few days.
An average of 21,000 vehicles travelled in the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway tunnel on weekdays. And on the first weekend since it opened, the number jumped to 25,000.
The Land Transport Authority said traffic along the three-kilometre tunnel, which forms part of the 12-kilometre expressway, has been smooth-flowing. - CNA/ac
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NEARLY 3,400 vehicles were caught exceeding the 70kmh speed limit in the underground Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) in the first six days of its opening.
Of the lot, 45 cases exceeded 110kmh, and one vehicle - a sedan - was clocked crossing 140kmh.
Their owners will be receiving either warning letters or summonses from the Traffic Police.
The number of speedsters caught works out to a daily average of 563 - more than four times the number of speeding cases islandwide per day.
This is partly because the tunnels have highly accurate digital laser cameras - the first of their kind used here. They never run out of film like the old models used on other expressways. And they work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, unlike policemen carrying laser cameras.
The other reason for the inordinately large number of cases is that some motorists are still unaware of the new tunnels' 70kmh limit.
Photographer Bryan Van Der Beek, 31, who reckoned he might have gone faster than 70kmh, said: 'I honestly didn't see any sign, maybe because I was looking at the tunnel itself. It was my first time driving through it.'' Alvin Tan, 40, a company vice-president, said he did not see any signs warning of the presence of speed cameras. 'If the cameras are hidden and there are no signs, it's entrapment,'' he said. -
I thought there's a signboard warning abt speed cameras ahead?
I saw it the other day.. These ones are digital ones, dun play play ar -
That why jam every where in singapore. The KPE don't look like expressway and worse than main road as most people will have to travel below 70km/h. I mostly travel 100 to 130km/h when no camera but when there is camera I was force to reduce speed to 90km/h and below and sometime because of a @#$% in front of me travel even lower than the speed limit which cause more time wasted on travel. Even on normal road anumber of driver travel 70km/h where there is less car on the road.
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Do you know how dangerous it is for accidents to happen inside the tunnel?Originally posted by kenlim81:That why jam every where in singapore. The KPE don't look like expressway and worse than main road as most people will have to travel below 70km/h. I mostly travel 100 to 130km/h when no camera but when there is camera I was force to reduce speed to 90km/h and below and sometime because of a @#$% in front of me travel even lower than the speed limit which cause more time wasted on travel. Even on normal road anumber of driver travel 70km/h where there is less car on the road.
If there's explosion, the heat and impact can potentially cause the tunnel to cave in
Somemore, they can place mobile camera... 130km/hr can kena court case le -
How about we increase the speed limit for the expressways to 100km/h and push KPE up to 80km/h on the straights?
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there might be similar device like the transponder in IU, the ones b4 the ERP gantry that deduct your money (cos your IU only beeps with the ones on the ERP) and then got another similar device at the end of the tunnel or at certain location.
All it needs to do is simple mathematics: Speed = distance / time.
this logic is similar to my friend's GPS of asking him to slow down when he drive a bit faster on certain roads, as it maybe wanting to give him instructions to turn and the speed will be dangerous to make the turn safe. -
Actually ar, KPE is like never straightOriginally posted by LazerLordz:How about we increase the speed limit for the expressways to 100km/h and push KPE up to 80km/h on the straights?
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Watch out speedsters - speed trap on 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week - big brother is watching continuously. If you are not careful, not only your pockets will be burnt, your driving licences will be on the line. -
They use laser cam wo