SG: Digital red light cameras catch thousands

The police intend to swap out their aged film cameras for digital ones. Their trial batch of digital cameras have proved relatively successful, having caught 1,175 motorists for beating the red lights, roughly 3 months since it was erected. The original trial batch spans 5 junctions, and so far, almost 30 have received the upgrade, with all 240 sets to be replaced by June of 2015. The digital cameras enable the cops to remotely retrieve footage of the offenders. They also don’t have to replace the film on the camera once they run out.Pictures used for illustration purposes only.

OneShift Editorial Team

26 May 2014

Junctions that currently have the new cameras include: Victoria Street by Arab Street and Rochor Road towards Lavender Street, and the Victoria Street by Ophir Road towards Bras Basah Road, along with Lavender Street by Jalan Besar towards Balestier Road and Ophir Road by Beach Road towards ECP.

Moving out of the Bugis Area, the junctions at Holland Road/Leng Kee/ Commonwealth have had the old cameras yanked and out swapped too. Holland Road by Sixth Avenue towards Holland Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue by Holland Avenue towards Leng Kee Road have the new cameras up and running. Moving even further west, Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 by Bukit Batok Street 21 towards Bukit Batok Central, Bukit Panjang Ring Road by Bangkit Road towards Pending Road and Jurong West Avenue 2 by Corporation Road towards Jurong Road have the new cameras as well.

You can’t escape from the range of the digital sensors if you live in the central too. The cameras at junctions and lights along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 by Marymount Road towards Upper Thomson Road, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 by CTE towards Upper Thomson Road, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 by CTE towards Boundary Road, Yio Chu Kang Road by Jalan Kelulut towards Upper Thomson, Newton Road by Thomson Road towards Moulmein Road, Upper Thomson Road by Jalan Todak towards Lornie Road, Marymount Road by Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 towards Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 by Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2 towards Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Marymount Road by Thomson Road towards Cavenagh Road no longer use film as well.

Finally the North and the East. Despite being newer estates, they haven’t been spared by the upgrading programmes as well. Tampines Avenue 1 by Tampines Avenue 5 towards Tampines Industrial Avenue 3, Tampines Avenue 5 by Tampines Avenue 1 towards Tampines Avenue 10, Changi Road by Jalan Eunos towards Geylang Road, Jalan Eunos by Changi Road towards Still Road, Lornie Road by Sime Road towards Adam Road, Adam Road by Sime Road towards Lornie Road, Upper Changi Road East by Xilin Avenue towards New Upper Changi Road, Loyang Avenue by Pasir Ris Drive 1 towards Tampines Avenue 7, Sengkang East Drive by Sengkang East Avenue towards Upper Serangoon Road, Tampines Road by Hougang Avenue 1 towards Upper Serangoon Road and Eunos Link by Airport Road towards Hougang Avenue 3 are all digital too.

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