She also recommends caning as punishment for speeding drivers in general. Apparently this is the same Ivy Singh-Lim who recently was in a tug with Building and Construction Authority’s lawsuit for failure to hire professional maintenance and allow BCA inspection. She was hauled to court on May 3rd this year.
There could have been a million reasons to a car accident, fatal or not. Which is why it is called a car accident. Even an accidental killing of someone is termed as manslaughter and carries a lesser maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Furthermore, on the road a vehicle does not even need to speed to cause fatality due to the nondiscriminatory nature of accidents.
Shall we also cane her for her failure to comply with public, building and workplace safety standards and endangering workers and the public who patronise her company? And if one of her workers die due to workplace negligence, shall we likewise send her to the gallows?
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The speed limit of the road was 70kmh, and as I drove along, big trucks and lorries flashed past me, dangerously above the speed limit.
During my 45-minute journey from Kranji to Suntec City, I did not spot a single police patrol car or Traffic Police motorcycle.
Speed traps are too few and far between, allowing irresponsible drivers to bolt and swerve on expressways unpunished.
Alongside public campaigns on road safety, there should be more traffic policing vehicles to arrest the immediate problem of dangerous speedsters.
It is also appalling to see the types of vehicles allowed on our expressways, and the manner in which they are driven: small motorcycles with unprotected riders in slippers zipping in and out of traffic, and lorries loaded with men and material zooming past speed limits.
Singapore has stringent standards in licensing drivers, but such standards are futile if we let law-breaking speedsters threaten the lives of other road users and do not police such dangerous drivers.
Fines and imprisonment may not be enough of a disincentive.
The punishment which will effectively deter speeding is caning.
And if a driver’s speeding is responsible for a road user’s death, then hanging is a fair punishment for killing someone.
Ivy Singh-Lim (Mrs)
Furthermore, on the road a vehicle does not even need to speed to cause fatality due to the nondiscriminatory nature of accidents.
Shall we also cane her for her failure to comply with public, building and workplace safety standards and endangering workers and the public who patronise her company? And if one of her workers die due to workplace negligence, shall we likewise send her to the gallows?
sgdeathpenalty
Speeding deaths: Consider capital punishment
LAST year, there were 188 road fatalities, or a road death every other day, and driving along Lim Chu Kang Road on Monday morning, it was not difficult for me to see why.
The speed limit of the road was 70kmh, and as I drove along, big trucks and lorries flashed past me, dangerously above the speed limit.
Drivers who speed do not realise that they are part of a killing machine. Speeding is a fatal menace and should be much more policed than it is now.
During my 45-minute journey from Kranji to Suntec City, I did not spot a single police patrol car or Traffic Police motorcycle.
Speed traps are too few and far between, allowing irresponsible drivers to bolt and swerve on expressways unpunished.
Alongside public campaigns on road safety, there should be more traffic policing vehicles to arrest the immediate problem of dangerous speedsters.
It is also appalling to see the types of vehicles allowed on our expressways, and the manner in which they are driven: small motorcycles with unprotected riders in slippers zipping in and out of traffic, and lorries loaded with men and material zooming past speed limits.
Singapore has stringent standards in licensing drivers, but such standards are futile if we let law-breaking speedsters threaten the lives of other road users and do not police such dangerous drivers.
Fines and imprisonment may not be enough of a disincentive.
The punishment which will effectively deter speeding is caning.
And if a driver’s speeding is responsible for a road user’s death, then hanging is a fair punishment for killing someone.
Ivy Singh-Lim (Mrs)
Death penalty serves Singapore well. Almost all that i know support the death penalty. We are only missing the Colosseum.
ReplyDeleteAs a Christian, I oppose the death penalty. How about we just increase road safety awareness through the media and community programs.
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