SINGAPORE — Mistaking green pedestrian lights as a signal for him to proceed, a driver drove through a red light and collided with a motorcyclist, fracturing his jaw and wrist.
Tan Puay Chey, 51, was sentenced to two months' jail and a two-year driving ban. As he is appealing against his sentence, the judge laid out her reasons for the decision in a judgment made available on Wednesday .At about 8.45pm on Dec 29, 2021, Tan was driving his car along Boon Keng Road when he came to the cross-junction of Bendemeer Road.
A witness who was waiting to move off at the junction adjacent to Tan's saw Tan's car moving and immediately slowed down. The court heard that Tan has previous traffic violations. He paid a compound or out-of-court fine of S$70 in 1999 for parking along unbroken double yellow lines. His last violation was for failing to conform to a red-light signal in 2021, for which he paid S$380.MITIGATIONMr Chia said his client was heading home from his office when he came to a stop at the junction. Tan was a senior project manager at Pico Art International and had gone back to the office that day to attend a series of meetings and to clear his work.
In response, the prosecutor said even if Tan had seen the wrong light, it is a driver's responsibility to ensure that his attention is always on the road.
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