September 19, 04:41 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 More motorists are turning into traffic vigilantes. They are gathering the evidence and turning them over to the Traffic Police.
This after the installation of surveillance cameras in motorists' vehicles make it easier to capture footage of others breaking the rules.
One such vigilante motorist, Jonathan Thong, 45, has submitted 12 videos to the Traffic Police in the past year.
He said motorists will be encouraged to be more courteous if they were aware that their behaviour might be recorded and reported to the authorities: "It's like a neighbourhood watch group, except it's on the road."
The videos he sent to the Traffic Police included violations such as motorists who made illegal turns, crossed double white lines and stopped in yellow boxes.
The Traffic Police has been receiving an increasing amount of public feedback about errant motorists. However, the police were not able to say how many motorists have been booked as a result of complaints from other motorists.
In-car cameras can be installed at a cost of between $200 and $500, mainly to record evidence in the event of an accident.
Traffic violations up
In the first half of this year, there were 171,211 traffic violations recorded compared with 154,049 in the same period last year.
Traffic Police statistics show a rise in violations since 2010, with 330,909 recorded last year, up from 316,214 in 2011 and 304,472 in 2010.
Lawyers, though, have warned that vigilantes should not think that it takes only an e-mail for police to prosecute another road user or that they can remain anonymous.
Vigilantes might be requried to testify in court as a complainant if the offender disputes the video footage.
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