How a four-member government team turned red-light cameras into speed enforcers in 3 months
The Roadbuster tool processed 120,000 speeding cases in two years before it was retired, and speeding violations fell by 66 per cent at locations where it was activated.
Singapore's traffic police faced a rising number of road accidents and fatalities in 2024. To combat this, they sought a solution from their vendor, but it was unclear when the permanent, integrated system would be ready. Enter Darren Lau and his team from Open Government Products (OGP). In just three months, the four-person team developed Roadbuster, a tool that transformed speeding violations captured by red-light cameras into cases.
They rolled out and refined the system, addressing the legacy system's limitations and the vendor's inability to enhance it. Mr Lau explained that red-light cameras could capture speeding images, but processing them in bulk for case creation was challenging. Roadbuster automated this process, extracting vehicle registration numbers, speed data, and creating cases in the system.
As a result, speeding violations fell by 66% at locations where the system was activated. The police upgraded their systems, and Roadbuster was retired, having processed 120,000 speeding cases. The partnership with OGP proved successful, enabling the police to process cases more efficiently and devote more time to other operational work.
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