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so will LTA collect $2000 from police? If police donch pay...will raymond go fcuk shamugam? 
Lamp post tilts precariously over houses after police car rams into it
The sight of this police car rammed into a street lamp at Jurong West Avenue 5 must have startled residents as much as it did STOMPers JX and Brandon.
Spotted in the evening today (January 6), the police car had crashed into the lamp post outside a row of residential houses, causing the post to be tilted backwards.
According to JX, the car was badly damaged in the front.
He says:
"I happened to drive past Jurong West Avenue 5 and to my surprise, it was not any other car but a police car that crashed into the lamp post along the road!
"The front part of the car was badly damaged, not to mention the lamp post.
"The accident happened within a stone's throw from the police post.
"I wonder what happened to the officer".
In another contribution, a shocked STOMPer Brandon says:
"This police car hit a lamp post!".
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How much to pay if you crash into public property?
Sat, Dec 25, 2010
By Desmond Ng
THE next time you recklessly crash into a lamp post, you would have more to worry about than just your car repair bill.
That lamp post, if it needs to be replaced, will cost you an extra $2,000. In short, if it is your fault that you hit traffic fixtures or even trees, you have to pay up.
Every year, about $500,000 is collected from motorists or insurance companies, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the National Parks Board (NParks).
When it's a hit-and-run case, it's taxpayers' money that gets wasted.
LTA said it has recovered an average of $350,000 a year in repair costs from about 490 incidents in the past three years.
NParks said it sees about 100 cases a year and collects $100,000 to $150,000 in fines for damage to trees by motorists.
Recently, a Stomper called Mr Lim posted on the citizen journalism website a picture of a major accident involving a car and a bus at Hougang Street 91 last Tuesday.
The impact of the collision was so severe that it caused the car to hit a nearby lamp post, toppling it.
Mr Lim, who declined to give his full name, told The New Paper in Mandarin: "I knew it was serious because by the time I snapped this photo, an ambulance had arrived and (the crew) tended to some injured people."
The 58-year-old taxi driver said the motorists involved will probably have to pay to replace the lamp post.
"It's only natural that the motorist will have to pay for any damage to the lamp post. If you break something, you'll have to pay for it, right?" he added.
Recover through insurers
LTA said that when street infrastructure, such as lamp posts, traffic light posts, control boxes or road railings, is damaged in an incident, LTA would recover the repair cost from the motorists involved through their car insurers.
Said a spokesman: "The amount recovered varies, depending on the affected structure and extent of repair that is required."
For example, straightening and putting back a fallen railing with no parts replaced would cost less than $200.
Repairing a traffic light control box would cost at least $10,000, said LTA.
NParks said that when roadside trees are hit and damaged by a vehicle and it is established that it is due to recklessness, negligence or intoxication of the motorist, the motorist may be fined, starting from $2,000 a tree.
The motorist may also have to pay for the damage caused.
NParks said the fine may be reduced on appeal.
This has been enforced since 1995.
Said an NParks spokesman: "Trees are an important aspect of Singapore's greenery and form the backbone of our tropical garden city.
"Motorists involved can appeal to NParks and the outcome of the appeal is dependent on the circumstances leading to the accident."
Lamp post (complete replacement): $2,000
Road railing: Less than $200
Traffic light control: $10,000
Trees: Fine of at least $2,000
Lamp post tilts precariously over houses after police car rams into it
The sight of this police car rammed into a street lamp at Jurong West Avenue 5 must have startled residents as much as it did STOMPers JX and Brandon.
Spotted in the evening today (January 6), the police car had crashed into the lamp post outside a row of residential houses, causing the post to be tilted backwards.
According to JX, the car was badly damaged in the front.
He says:
"I happened to drive past Jurong West Avenue 5 and to my surprise, it was not any other car but a police car that crashed into the lamp post along the road!
"The front part of the car was badly damaged, not to mention the lamp post.
"The accident happened within a stone's throw from the police post.
"I wonder what happened to the officer".
In another contribution, a shocked STOMPer Brandon says:
"This police car hit a lamp post!".
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
How much to pay if you crash into public property?
Sat, Dec 25, 2010
By Desmond Ng
THE next time you recklessly crash into a lamp post, you would have more to worry about than just your car repair bill.
That lamp post, if it needs to be replaced, will cost you an extra $2,000. In short, if it is your fault that you hit traffic fixtures or even trees, you have to pay up.
Every year, about $500,000 is collected from motorists or insurance companies, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the National Parks Board (NParks).
When it's a hit-and-run case, it's taxpayers' money that gets wasted.
LTA said it has recovered an average of $350,000 a year in repair costs from about 490 incidents in the past three years.
NParks said it sees about 100 cases a year and collects $100,000 to $150,000 in fines for damage to trees by motorists.
Recently, a Stomper called Mr Lim posted on the citizen journalism website a picture of a major accident involving a car and a bus at Hougang Street 91 last Tuesday.
The impact of the collision was so severe that it caused the car to hit a nearby lamp post, toppling it.
Mr Lim, who declined to give his full name, told The New Paper in Mandarin: "I knew it was serious because by the time I snapped this photo, an ambulance had arrived and (the crew) tended to some injured people."
The 58-year-old taxi driver said the motorists involved will probably have to pay to replace the lamp post.
"It's only natural that the motorist will have to pay for any damage to the lamp post. If you break something, you'll have to pay for it, right?" he added.
Recover through insurers
LTA said that when street infrastructure, such as lamp posts, traffic light posts, control boxes or road railings, is damaged in an incident, LTA would recover the repair cost from the motorists involved through their car insurers.
Said a spokesman: "The amount recovered varies, depending on the affected structure and extent of repair that is required."
For example, straightening and putting back a fallen railing with no parts replaced would cost less than $200.
Repairing a traffic light control box would cost at least $10,000, said LTA.
NParks said that when roadside trees are hit and damaged by a vehicle and it is established that it is due to recklessness, negligence or intoxication of the motorist, the motorist may be fined, starting from $2,000 a tree.
The motorist may also have to pay for the damage caused.
NParks said the fine may be reduced on appeal.
This has been enforced since 1995.
Said an NParks spokesman: "Trees are an important aspect of Singapore's greenery and form the backbone of our tropical garden city.
"Motorists involved can appeal to NParks and the outcome of the appeal is dependent on the circumstances leading to the accident."
Lamp post (complete replacement): $2,000
Road railing: Less than $200
Traffic light control: $10,000
Trees: Fine of at least $2,000
