# PART A: DRIVING LICENCES

# INTRODUCTION  

The “Basic Theory of Driving” handbook is essential reading for all road users in Singapore, which comprise the pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers. It covers The Highway Code, which includes the traffic rules, traffic regulations, traffic signs and signals, and it aims to educate and promote road safety for the road users. Many of the rules and regulations in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey them, you are committing a traffic offence. You may be fined and given demerit points on your driving licence, which may lead to suspension or revocation of your driving licence, or you may be disqualified by the Courts from driving. Knowing and applying the traffic rules and regulations in The Highway Code could significantly help to reduce road accidents, casualties and fatalities on our roads.  

# DRIVER IMPROVEMENT POINTS SYSTEM (DIPS)  

# Key Features Of DIPS  

# List Of Scheduled Offences Under DIPS  

28	 Under the DIPS, demerit points are given for the following list of scheduled offences under the Road Trafic (DIPS) Rules.  

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<table><thead><tr><th>S/No.</th><th>Offences Committed</th><th>Demerit Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Carrying excess pillion or carrying pillion sitting not astride</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Rider failing to wear, or wearing insecurely, on his/her head a protective helmet</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Disobeying the traffic direction of police officer, employee of Authority or security officer engaged in regulating traffic</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Conveying a load not properly secured</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Using tyres with ply or cord carcass exposed</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Driver failing to wear seat belt</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Parking abreast of another vehicle</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Parking within a pedestrian crossing</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Stopping in a zebra controlled (or more commonly known as zebra crossing) area</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Driver failing to ensure that every passenger wears a seat belt</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Using a motor vehicle where a person below 1.35 metres in height is a passenger and is not properly secured by an approved child restraint or a body-restraining seat belt</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Parking within a Demerit Points No Parking Zone</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Stopping within a Demerit Points No Stopping Zone</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Failing to fill up every passenger seat in the driver’s cabin, or any additional cabin or enclosed space provided for the carriage of passengers or goods and which is adjacent to or is an extension of the cabin for the driver, before carrying any person on the floor of an open deck goods vehicle</td><td><strong>3</strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Fine : Light Vehicle: $150 ; Heavy Vehicle : $200</strong></th></tr></tbody></table>
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<table><thead><tr><th>S/No.</th><th>Offences Committed</th><th>Demeanor Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">15</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a vehicle by 1 to 20 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">16</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a road by 1 to 20 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">17</span></strong></td><td>Failing to give way to oncoming traffic at a controlled junction</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">18</span></strong></td><td>Failing to give way at an uncontrolled junction</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">19</span></strong></td><td>Failing to give way at a junction</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">20</span></strong></td><td>Failing to give way at a roundabout</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">21</span></strong></td><td>Crossing double white lines</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">22</span></strong></td><td>Crossing a road divider</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">23</span></strong></td><td>Obstructing the flow of traffic</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">24</span></strong></td><td>Forming up incorrectly when turning left or right</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">25</span></strong></td><td>Failing to give way to an ambulance, fire brigade or police vehicle</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">26</span></strong></td><td>Driving while carrying a load on a motor vehicle in a dangerous manner</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">27</span></strong></td><td>Stopping on the shoulder or verge of an expressway</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">28</span></strong></td><td>Stopping or remaining at rest on the carriageway of an expressway</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">4</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Fine : Light Vehicle: $150 ; Heavy Vehicle : $200</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">29</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a vehicle by 21 to 30 kilometre per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">30</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a road by 21 to 30 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">31</span></strong></td><td>Driving on the shoulder of an expressway</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">32</span></strong></td><td>Failed to securely tie or attach goods to a goods vehicle to prevent them from falling off the vehicle</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">33</span></strong></td><td>Offences committed by motorists at a pedestrian crossing</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">34</span></strong></td><td>Driving or riding against the flow of traffic as indicated by traffic signs</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">35</span></strong></td><td>Careless driving</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">36</span></strong></td><td>Carrying passengers on a motor vehicle or trailer in a dangerous manner</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">37</span></strong></td><td>Reversing unnecessarily along an expressway</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">38</span></strong></td><td>Failed to obey the 1.1 metre height restriction for persons carried on an open deck goods vehicle</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">39</span></strong></td><td>Carrying passengers when the clear floor space of the open deck of a goods vehicle available for each passenger is insufficient</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">6</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Fine : Light Vehicle: $200 ; Heavy Vehicle : $250</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">40</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a vehicle by 31 to 40 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">8</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">41</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a road by 31 to 40 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">8</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Fine : Light Vehicle: $300 ; Heavy Vehicle : $400</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">42</span></strong></td><td>Driving without due care or reasonable consideration for other road users</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">9</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">43</span></strong></td><td>Carrying passengers on a goods vehicle in a dangerous manner</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">9</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Fine : Light Vehicle: $300 ; Heavy Vehicle : $400</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">44</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a vehicle by 41 to 50 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">12</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">45</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a road by 41 to 50 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">12</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Offender will be prosecuted in court</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">46</span></strong></td><td>Failure to conform to traffic light signals</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">12</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Fine : Light Vehicle: $400 ; Heavy Vehicle : $500</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">47</span></strong></td><td>Use of mobile telephone while driving</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">12</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>1st offence: Fine not exceeding $1000 or jail up to 6 months or both<br>2nd and subsequent offence: Fine not exceeding $2000 or jail up to 12 months or both</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">48</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a vehicle by 51 to 60 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">18</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">49</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a road by 51 to 60 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">18</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Offender will be prosecuted in court</strong></th></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">50</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a vehicle by more than 60 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">24</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">51</span></strong></td><td>Exceeding the speed limit of a road by more than 60 kilometres per hour</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">24</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong><span style="color: red;">52</span></strong></td><td>Reckless or dangerous driving</td><td><strong><span style="color: red;">24</span></strong></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3"><strong>Offender will be prosecuted in court</strong></th></tr></tbody></table>
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