{"id":2824,"date":"2016-07-12T12:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T12:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:23:59","slug":"common-fines-people-get-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/common-fines-people-get-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Most Common Fines Drivers Receive in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"Besides being renowned for being\u00a0the third richest country in the world, Singapore is also known\u00a0as a\u00a0'fine city'. A country\u00a0prominent for its immaculate level of cleanliness and safety places common fines\u00a0and penalties on the people who disobey the laws and rules.\n

Check out the 7\u00a0common fines people receive in Singapore:<\/h2>\n

\u00a01. Car Parking Fines\n\"common<\/h3>\nParking fines are the most common fines. The various types of car parking offences come with different amount of fines ranging from $6 to $400, depending on the type of fault. However, obeying parking laws is considered as one of the easiest to follow. Free yourself\u00a0of parking troubles and fines by parking at the right place. Pro tip: read our essential parking guides<\/a>!\n

2.\u00a0Drink-driving<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/h3>\nDrink, drank.... drunk-driving is the worst. Not only does it\u00a0risking the driver's life, but is also very dangerous to the people around you whilst you are driving. In Singapore, a drunk driver will be fined between $1,000 to $5,000 or can be sentenced to jail for up to six months.\n

3. Driving\u00a0in the wrong lane<\/h3>\n\"\"\n\nDriving along\u00a0the bus-lane is against the law in Singapore, especially during prohibited timings. It will cost you $130 for disobeying such law.\n

4.\u00a0Failure to give signal<\/h3>\n\"\"\n\nFailure to signal when you are supposed to will result in disaster and accidents that no one deserves. In addition to accident costs, you will also be fined up to $70.\n

5.\u00a0Smoke emission<\/h3>\n\"\"\n\nAs a country which highly regards and prioritises safety and cleanliness, emitting excessive smoke is illegal. It harms\u00a0the environment and people's health too! A fine up to $150 will be given to the car owners with excessive smoke emission.\n

6.\u00a0Failure to wear seat belt<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/h3>\nTo prevent accidents from happening, it is important that both car driver and passengers wear safety belt at ALL times.\u00a0A fine up to $150 will be imposed for failure to comply with this law.\n

7.\u00a0Exceeding the speed limit\"\"<\/h3>\nExceeding the speed limit is dangerous, but it is definitely a common trait amongst\u00a0most drivers. The penalties for\u00a0exceeding the speed limit varies depending on the speed limit\u00a0exceeded. A fine between $130 to $160 will be imposed on those who exceed the speed limit up to 20km\/h, $150 to $180 to those who exceeded the speed limit more than 20km\/h and below 40km\/h, and list goes on.\n\nImage Credit: Violation & Fines<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Besides being renowned for being\u00a0the third richest country in the world, Singapore is also known\u00a0as a\u00a0‘fine city’. A country\u00a0prominent for its immaculate level of cleanliness and safety places common fines\u00a0and penalties on the people who disobey the laws and rules. Check out the 7\u00a0common fines people receive in Singapore: \u00a01. Car Parking Fines Parking fines …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-car-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16449,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions\/16449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}