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The Pan Island Expressway, one of the main expressways in the Singapore road network. In Singapore, cars and other vehicles drive on the left side of the road, as in neighbouring Malaysia, due to its British colonial history (which led to British driving rules being adopted in India, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong as well).
Private car licence plate numbers began in the early 1900s when Singapore was one of the four Straits Settlements, with a single prefix S for denoting Singapore, then adding a suffix letter S 'B' to S 'Y' for cars, but skipping a few like S 'A' (reserved for motorcycles), S 'H' (reserved for taxis), S 'D' (reserved for municipal vehicles), and S 'G' for goods vehicles large and small.
The Electronic Road Pricing ( ERP) system is an electronic toll collection scheme adopted in Singapore to manage traffic by way of road pricing, and as a usage-based taxation mechanism to complement the purchase-based Certificate of Entitlement system. There are a total of 93 ERP gantries being built and located throughout the country, along ...
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) was established on 1 September 1995 and was formed by the merger of various public sector entities: the Registry of Vehicles, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Roads & Transportation Division of the Public Works Department and Land Transportation Division of the former Ministry of Communications. [ 1]
The Certificate of Entitlement ( COE) are classes of categories as part of a quota license for owning a vehicle in Singapore. [ 1] The licence is obtained from a successful winning bid in an open bid uniform price auction which grants the legal right of the holder to register, own and use a vehicle in Singapore for an initial period of 10 years ...
Fast Response Car. A Chevrolet Cruze fast response car at the National Museum of Singapore in 2020. The " Fast Response Car " ( FRC) is the official term for police cars used by the Singapore Police Force. [ 1] Prior to 2000, they were known in public simply as "police patrol cars". FRCs are used for SPF deployments in urgent situations.
Uneven road. Road narrows on right. Road narrows on both sides ahead. Two-way traffic crosses a one-way road. Two-way traffic ahead. Lanes merge ahead. Double curve first to left (Right if the symbol is reversed) Dual carriageway ends. Crossroads.
A Singaporean police vehicle. In Singapore, law enforcement is principally led by the Singapore Police Force (SPF), and supported by other agencies including the Singapore Prison Service, Central Narcotics Bureau, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, Internal Security Department, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and Singapore Customs.