Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276, Section 63(2))

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G.N. No. S 729/2006

REVISED EDITION 2008

(31st January 2008)

[29th December 2006]

Citation

1. This Notification may be cited as the Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification.

Speed limits on roads

2.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub‑paragraphs (2) and (3), the speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road shall not exceed —

(a)	in the case of the roads or parts thereof set out in the First to Fifth Schedules, the speed specified in those Schedules; and
(b)	in any other case, 50 kilometres per hour.

(2) The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road in a school zone shall not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour —

(a)

on any day —

(i)	between 6.30 a.m. and 7.45 a.m. (both times inclusive);
(ii)	between 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. (both times inclusive); and
(iii)	between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. (both times inclusive); or

(b)

when a school event is carried out,

if the traffic sign, set out in diagram 12A in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33), is used to indicate the beginning of the school zone, and the lights attached to that traffic sign are flashing.

(3) The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road in a silver zone shall not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign, set out in diagram 12B in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules, is used to indicate the beginning of the silver zone.

(4) In this paragraph —

“school zone” means any part of a road that is —

(a)	adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of a school; and
(b)	between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a school zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a school zone;

“silver zone” means any part of a road that is between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a silver zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a silver zone.

[S 669/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

Application to certain vehicles

3. This Notification shall not apply to —

(a)	any fire engine used for the purpose of extinguishing fires, of preserving life and property in case of fire or of aiding or rescuing persons in danger, or in case of an accident;
(b)	any ambulance used for the purpose of aiding or rescuing persons in danger, or in case of an accident; or
(c)	any motor vehicle owned by the Government and used by the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force for the purpose of executing the functions of the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force, as the case may be,

if compliance with this Notification is likely to hinder the use of the fire engine, ambulance or motor vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used.

[G.N. Nos. S 729/2006; S 282/2007; S 522/2007]

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