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Since early 2025, the Traffic Police (TP) has undertaken extensive outreach efforts, including SMSes, emails, letters and face-to-face engagements, to remind lorry owners to install speed limiters ahead of the statutory deadlines. The second statutory deadline for lorries registered before 1 January 2018 and with Maximum Laden Weight (MLW) between 3,501kg and 5,000kg came into force on 1 July 2026. As of 1 July 2026, about 1.1% of the lorries subjected to this deadline have not submitted records of speed limiter installation.

During a two-day island-wide enforcement operation between 1 and 2 July 2026, TP officers conducted checks at selected companies on the installation of speed limiters for lorries registered before 1 January 2018 and with MLW between 3,501kg and 5,000kg. 

A total of two lorries were towed away by TP for investigation due to non-compliance with the speed limiter installation during the operation. Please refer to Annex A for photographs from the operation. The offence of failing to ensure that a speed limiter is fitted carries a fine of up to $1,000 or a jail term of up to three months.¹

TP will continue to take enforcement action against companies and owners with non-compliant lorries. These companies will receive notices to present their lorries for inspection at Authorised Inspection Centres. Lorries without speed limiters will fail the inspection and companies and lorry owners will face enforcement action. Companies and lorry owners who install speed limiters after the stipulated deadline will also be penalised. 

TP reminds all heavy vehicle owners that under existing legislation, heavy vehicles with MLW exceeding 12,000kg, public service vehicles with MLW exceeding 10,000kg and lorries registered before 1 January 2018 with MLW of between 3,501kg and 12,000kg must be fitted with working speed limiters. Heavy vehicles that are required to be fitted with speed limiters and are found exceeding their regulated speed limits will be required to undergo inspection to verify that their speed limiters are functioning properly. Failure to produce the vehicle for inspection is an offence under Section 87(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, which carries a fine of up to $1,000, a jail term of up to three months, or both. Notwithstanding, non-compliant lorries are legally prohibited from being driven, and their road tax cannot be renewed and may face reduced insurance coverage.

For lorries registered on or after 1 January 2018 with MLW between 5,001kg and 12,000kg, the next statutory deadline (refer to Annex B) for installation is 1 January 2027. Given the upcoming deadlines, companies and lorry owners must arrange for the installation of a speed limiter immediately. The list of authorised agents is available on https://www.police.gov.sg/Knowledge-Hub/Traffic/Traffic-Matters/Speed-LimiterAuthorised-Agents. 

All vehicle owners and motorists are reminded to comply with Singapore’s traffic laws. TP takes a serious view of those who flout traffic regulations and endanger the safety of other road users and will hesitate to take firm enforcement action against offenders.  

¹With the passage of the Land Transport and Related Matters Bill in Parliament, penalties will be raised to $10,000 this year

Annex A

Photos from the two-day enforcement operation



TP officer conducting checks on speed limiter installation documents at a company premise



TP officer conducting checks on speed limiter installation



A lorry being towed for non-compliance of speed limiter installation

Annex B

Dates from which expanded speed limiter requirements apply