Differentiating Lorry Speed Limits by Weight Class and Increasing Awareness of Grants to Promote Installation of Speed Limiters

13 Ms Valerie Lee asked the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Ministry will consider introducing differentiated calibrations of maximum speeds in speed limiter requirements for lorries based on their weight classes; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider increasing awareness on the availability of the Productivity and Solutions Grant or other forms of financial support to help businesses defray the cost of installing speed limiters.

Mr K Shanmugam: There is already a differentiation today. Light goods vehicles with a Maximum Laden Weight (MLW) not exceeding 3,500 kilograms have a vehicular speed limit of 70 kilometres per hour, while heavy goods vehicles with a MLW above 3,500 kilograms have a vehicle speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour. The exception is cement mixers, which have a vehicular speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour. The Traffic Police's (TP)'s assessment is that this approach is practical and sufficient to maintain road safety, and there is no need for further differentiation.

TP has been engaging the industry intensively on the requirements of the speed limiter regime, including the availability of Productivity Solutions Grant support between 1 October 2025 and 31 March 2027. TP will continue with these engagements.