SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean touched on several priorities for his ministry for the year, namely crime, drugs and road safety.
He told the House that Singapore's road fatality rate has come down in recent years.
However, recent incidents underscore the need to improve road behaviour and eliminate reckless driving habits that put road users at risk.
The ministry will invest more resources and mount a concerted effort to improve road safety through education, engagement and enforcement, and will focus its education efforts on vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists, children and elderly pedestrians.
Other plans include engaging fleet owners, especially those with heavy vehicles, and other companies who hire drivers as the ministry wants them to make safe driving part of their company culture. |