ASP Firdous Haniff (left) gestures to a goods vehicle driver and the passenger and orders them both to buckle their seat belts.
Here are the top five infractions recorded by ASP Firdous Haniff during the first 19km:
1) ROAD HOGGING
We leave Traffic Police headquarters in Ubi Avenue 3. Traffic is moving slowly on the Pan Island Expressway towards the city. About 2km into our patrol, ASP Firdous, 29, spots a heavy vehicle hogging the second lane of the expressway. He gestures to the lorry driver to move to the slower lanes.
Our patrol takes us to Orchard Road.
2) UNBELTED
Near Orchard Parade Hotel on Tanglin Road, at a traffic stop, ASP Firdous sees the driver and passenger of a goods vehicle not wearing seat belts. He points at the culprits to get their attention. They immediately buckle up.
We pick up the pace and leave Orchard Road.
3) SPEEDING
We head north on the Central Expressway. Near Moulmein Flyover, a white BMW car sticks out like a sore thumb. The BMW’s speed, while merging with traffic on the expressway, appears higher than the vehicles travelling on Lane 1. ASP Firdous’ attention is locked onto the BMW.
Near the Jalan Bahagia exit, he pulls alongside the BMW and gestures to the driver to slow down. The driver complies.
There was another case, barely 50m ahead.
4) USING
MOBILE PHONE
A white car moving from Lane 1 to the leftmost lane gets flagged – the driver was on his mobile phone.
We spot the driver’s right elbow resting on the door panel and his hand holding on to the mobile phone. ASP Firdous points at the offending driver and gets his attention.
The stunned driver drops the phone and filters out of the expressway. It’s his lucky day. We exit Seletar Expressway into Punggol.
5) NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO SURROUNDINGS
Along Punggol Way, we are riding at about 40km/h when a small lorry slowly exits a construction site to our left.
Strangely, the driver keeps his speed of about 20km/h in the centre lane for more than 30m. We realise he is busy talking to his passenger, unaware we are near him.
ASP Firdous goes forward and signals to the driver to pay attention on the road.
