DRIVING LICENSE IN SINGAPORE

DRIVING LICENSE IN SINGAPORE

Having a driving license in Singapore is not a luxury as compared to owning a Ferrari or Lamborghini, etc. I had been working in a driving instructions organization and would like to shared some pointers with those who look forward to have a driving license.

First, I would say that I had been procrastinating in writing this blog because due to my poor grammar and sentence constructions. After some thought and determinations, I finally try to start my first blog here.

Lets us go into the point as why do people wants to have a driving license even with the high COEs and many other constrains in owning a car today? I personally view it as the few reasons below:-

1. Fear of the legal age limit for driving set by Traffic Police Department may changed from current 18 years old to 21 years old. (This is just some speculation by common publics but the current age to learn riding or driving is still 18 years old.) 

2. Some parents would like their child have their driving license as soon as when their age reached 18 years old, as they perceived that tests might be getting harder to pass in the near future.

3. Some parents worry that if their son is due for National Service called up, it would be wise to let their son go for an early driving lessons & have his driving license before his enlistment.

4. Some are people whose driving license are revoked or suspended due to their traffic offences and required to retake their driving test again.

5. Some are foreign expatriates whom need to drive in Singapore as required by their company and need to have the driving license urgently.

The lists will goes on and on but somehow, these are reasons why people need to have a driving license. So to have a driving license in Singapore, here are more details in this respect.

DRIVING LICENSE IN SINGAPORE   

A driving license is required in Singapore, before a person is allowed to drive a motor vehicle of any specifications on a road and subject to all traffic rules gazetted by the Traffic Police Department.
Minimum age to get a driving license in Singapore is 18 years old.  

CLASSES OF DRIVING LICENSE

Driving license in Singapore is classified under the followings:-

Class 1    - Invalid Carriages ( Now defunct category)
Class 2B - Motorcycle with engine capacity not exceeding 200 cc
Class 2A - Motorcycle with engine capacity from 201cc - 400 cc
Class 2    - Motorcycle with engine capacity from 401cc and above
Class 3A - Motor cars /tractors without clutch functions below laden weight <=2500kg
Class 3    - Motor cars /tractors with clutch functions below laden weight <=2500kg
Class 4A - Omni buses, (eg. SBS, SMRT)
Class 4    - Heavy motor cars/tractors with laden weight exceeds 2500kg but not exceeding 7250kg
Class 5    - Heavy motor cars/tractors with laden weight exceeds 7250kg

Types of Driving License

PDL ( Provisional Driving License) - Any learner driver must provide this PDL before they are allowed to practice on the road. You must passed your Basic Theory Test (BTT) before you can apply your PDL with Traffic Police Department. PDL will only last for 6 months validity.

QDL (Qualified Driving License) - These are the above classes of driving license issued by Traffic Police Department once the learner drivers had passed their driving assessment test conducted by the Traffic Testers.

For newly qualified drivers whom has just passed their driving test, they are required to display the Probation Plate ( a triangular plate) on their right corner of both front & rear windscreen. It is a statutory requirement.

Within the 1 year period, newly qualified drivers are not allowed to accumulate more than 12 demerit points, failing which their driving license will be revoked by Traffic Authority.

Vocational Driving License (VDL) - This is a special driving license issued to commercial vehicle drivers such as, Taxis, Omnibuses and Buses. The vocational driving license comes under the purview and jurisdictions of Land Transport Authority (LTA).

To apply for such vocational license, applicant must must be at least 30 years of age and have 1 year driving experience.

CONCLUSION 

As every effort in this blog is as precise and accurate as possible during my writings, I hope that this write-up is serve as a  piece of general information for all of us to share as far as possible. In view of rules and regulations may subject to changes from time to time, I do hope you guys out there may update yourself and feedback to me.

Hope that you all had a wonderful time reading this and let us look forward towards a MORE SAFETY DRIVING ENVIRONMENT. Do share with your friends and I will try to meet you guys here more often.