SG: Six injured in collision involving lorry and cab

From the 16th of December, ComfortDelGro will spend three months installing cameras onboard all of its 16,600 taxis after getting approval from the LTA last year. Comfort will become the first cab operator in Singapore to have cameras fleetwide. The Chinese-made cameras J002B will cost $388 each, and are equipped with a 140-degree focus lens and a 2.7-inch LCD screen. They can also shoot in low-light conditions. The camera will only record incidents outside the cab. The installation will set the company back $6.4 million. The closest competitor to ComfortDelgro, TransCab, is still trialling various cameras in 100 cabs for reliability and durability. Pictures used for illustration purposes only.

Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APB Singapore) yesterday announced details of a new project that aims at discouraging drinking and driving, and to share creative ways of getting to party without driving.  The digital campaign forms part of the on-going "Don't Drive to Drink" campaign launched by the Traffic Police and the Singapore Road Safety Council on Monday. This is the first year that the annual "Don't Drive to Drink" campaign boasts a digital viral activation.  At the heart of the digital activation, is a new micro-site, dontdrive2drink.sg.  The micro-site aims to crowd source for creative ways to not drive to drink.  Consumers are tasked to give suggestions by using the hash tag "#dontdrive2drink" on their social media pages across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

It has been a year of ups and downs for the local car industry but it is almost nearly O-V-E-R! And it's time for us to look towards a better year ahead.  From all of us at the Oneshift office we would like to wish all our loyal fans, readers and partners a very Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year!