Local News:Electronic Day Licence For Off-Peak Car (OPC) Owners

From today, OPC owners can buy the e-Day Licences for use from 23 November 2009. In addition to the existing channels such as SingPost outlets and Automobile Association of Singapore offices, OPC users have the added flexibility of buying the e-Day Licences online anytime between 6am and midnight daily through the following:

a. the ONE.MOTORING portal (www.onemotoring.com.sg),
b. AXS stations located island-wide; and
c. mobile-SMS services via MobileP@y. Interested parties will need to sign up for the service at www.mobilepay.sg.

From 23 November 2009, besides the benefits of extended hours and more alternative channels of purchase, motorists have the option of buying the e-Day Licence after using the OPC, as long as they do so before 2359 hours the next day. Currently, the paper licence must be purchased before the use of the vehicle.

With the launch of the e-Day Licence system, OPC drivers will no longer be inconvenienced by LTA's enforcement officers stopping their vehicles to check for a valid paper licence. LTA's enforcement officers will instead note down the vehicle registration number of the OPC and subsequently verify against the system records if a valid e-Day Licence had been purchased for the car for that day.

To facilitate the transition to the new e-Day Licence system, letters and guidebooks on the new system were mailed to all current OPC owners in September 2009.

Between 26 October 2009 and 31 May 2010, OPC/ Weekend Car (WEC) owners can return any unused paper day licences that are not torn, tampered, defaced or invalidated to any SingPost outlet or to LTA's office located at 10 Sin Ming Drive to:

a. Apply for a refund (applies to the $20 paper supplementary licences for OPCs only); or
b. Convert the paper licences to e-Day Licences for use from 23 November 2009 (applies to both the free supplementary licences for Weekend Cars (WEC) and the $20 supplementary licences for OPCs/WECs).

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