Question:
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each year of the last five years (a) how many people have been punished for breaches of Rules 6, 9, 10 and 11 of the Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) Rules; and (b) what has been the range of punishments they received.
Answer:
Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:
1. The figures requested by the Member are in Table 1 below.
| | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Rule 6 - Precedence at uncontrolled crossing | 404 | 279 | 207 | 85 | 61 |
| Rule 9 - No vehicle to stop on any pedestrian crossing | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Rule 10 - Vehicle not to stop in zebra controlled area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rule 11 - Prohibition against overtaking in zebra controlled area | 8 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
2. A motorist caught for any of the above offences will either be issued a warning, or
offered a composition sum ranging between $100 and $250, depending on the offence
type. A motorist who has committed a Rule 6 offence will, in addition, receive four or six
demerit points, depending on the type of the offending vehicle.
