Errant users of PMDs will face more severe punishment, with bigger fines and longer jail terms for several offences.
The prosecution urges the High Court that jail terms ought to be the norm in cases where serious damage or injuries occur as a result of dangerous driving.
A motorist who caused the death of a rider by negligence was sentenced to two weeks' jail and barred from driving for three years.
A motorist who consumed some wine at a birthday party before causing a fatal accident at a signalised cross junction was jailed for four weeks yesterday.
A jobless man has been sentenced to three weeks' jail for launching an unprovoked attack on a taxi driver after a ride.
Driver without licence and insurance switched seats with his wife before a roadblock - more than a decade ago - and has been sentenced to a 15-week jail term.
A Sales Executive who punched a taxi driver in the face and left him with permanent scarring was sentenced to four weeks' jail yesterday.
A Work Safety and Health Officer was sentenced to 18 weeks' in jail for allowing his car to be used in a fake car accident.
An Australian network engineer who pushed and fought with a motorcyclist was sentenced to a day in jail and fined a total of $3,000.
A retiree who asked a reluctant train commuter to give his priority seat to an elderly turned into a dispute, which escalated into a fight.
A man was jailed for two weeks for helping his brother beat a lorry driver after a minor accident at the car park in Turf Club.
A Malaysian technician who tried to evade customs at Woodlands Checkpoint by not presenting his passport was jailed for six weeks yesterday.
District judge departs from sentencing norm on compassionate grounds for wheelchair user who is guilty of finding someone to take the blame for traffic offence.
A Chinese national who hit a taxi driver on the back of his head was sentenced to a three-week jail term yesterday.
Malaysian motorist was sentenced to an eight-week jail term after trying to avoid immigration clearance by trying to tailgate a car through a security barrier.
A tipper truck driver was sentenced to eight months' jail term and banned from driving for seven years for causing the death of a cyclist.
In the second such case this week, a cab passenger was sentenced to three weeks in jail for assaulting his driver after being woken up.
The bus driver who caused the death of the wife of a University Professor has been sentenced to three weeks' jail and banned from driving for five years.
An ex-SMRT bus driver was sentenced to six months' jail and a driving ban of eight years for killing a pedestrian through a rash act.
A private ambulance driver was sentenced to 30 months in jail and was banned from driving over an accident that resulted in the death of a passenger.