Elderly drivers with driving licences that are expiring this year will be given a six-month extension to renew them.
After a one-year concession period, 22,000 pass the test within grace period, while about 21,000 are no longer able to drive for services like Grab.
Some 5,300 private-hire car drivers have undergone a vocational training course but have not passed the test, which means they may be taken off the roads.
There are 56,300 private-hire car drivers on the roads now but a significant number may have to stop picking up passengers in a month's time.
Here's some background information on the different generations of our driver's licence. Yes, it looked different back then, shocker.
27 private-hire drivers have been caught for flouting the new regulations imposed onto the ride-hailing and chauffeur industry.
Private-hire car drivers who fail to display a licence or special decals on their windscreens from this Saturday will face a fine, or even jail time.
Uber and Grab have set up websites to help their drivers with the process of applying for the new Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence from Monday.
New bus drivers will now have to go through a five-day Enhanced Vocational Licence Training Programme conducted by the recently opened Singapore Bus Academy.
Private chauffeur drivers operating under apps such as Uber and GrabCar will have to attend a vocational license course and undergo background checks.
Private car drivers operating under Uber and GrabCar may soon be required to have a vocational licence. More will be revealed in next month's Budget debate.
The number of taxi vocational licences issued by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) increased from 95,800 in 2012 to 99,800 last year.
The National Taxi Association has requested taxi operator Smart to fulfil its obligations to drivers after LTA refusal to renew its operator licence.