Posted on December 22, 2017. A yellow Porsche car was travelling in an unsteady fashion, raising the suspicions of uniformed Traffic Police officers. They stopped the vehicle and later arrested the driver – a 49-year-old man – for alleged drink driving. The driver was among those nabbed along Kallang Road in an islandwide enforcement operation
Posted on December 22, 2017. SINGAPORE – Ride-hailing firm Grab is seeking to track its drivers’ locations and habits, even when they are not ferrying passengers – raising eyebrows among some industry players and drivers at a time when data breaches are in the news. The company, late last month (November), asked its rental fleet
Posted on December 18, 2017. SINGAPORE – Spring Singapore will be taking legal action against automotive retailer SG Vehicles for engaging in unfair practices, including misleading claims, false claims and defective goods. It will apply for a declaration and/or an injunction with the High Court against the company on Tuesday (Dec 19). Spring Singapore said
Posted on December 16, 2017. From next February, motorists will have to contend with zero-growth allowance in the vehicle quota system. The move to lower the allowable annual growth rate from 0.25 per cent currently to zero reversed what former Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew had previously pronounced. Mr Lui had indicated that a small, controlled
Posted on December 11, 2017. SINGAPORE: Major car dealers have agreed to remove restrictions on warranties and related documents, announced the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) on Monday (Dec 11). The commission said this in a press release after concluding its inquiry into the supply of car parts in Singapore. In its findings, CCS said it was
Posted on December 08, 2017. SINGAPORE – Taxi giant ComfortDelGro announced on Friday (Dec 8) its intention to acquire a majority 51 per cent stake in the Uber-owned rental car business, Lion City Holdings. This news come more than three months after a possible alliance with Uber was first announced in August (2017), ending speculation
Posted on December 08, 2017. The car driver who allegedly caused an accident along Tanjong Pagar Road that left four pedestrians injured was charged with one count of drink driving on Friday afternoon (8 December). Lim Kwong Fei, a 41-year-old Singaporean, is accused of being under the influence of alcohol and failing to have proper
Posted on December 02, 2017. SINGAPORE – The names have changed, but the story is the same. Another motor firm has closed shop after leaving more than 20 buyers without the cars they have paid for. Manhattan Motor, a sole proprietorship owned by used car dealer Lee Kum Kuen, had sold the cars in the last