The Case for Unified Traffic Summons

According to this the RTD and police have agreed to a unified scheme for traffic offence summons from Feb 15, onwards.

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The decision was made four months after the Transport Ministry and the police began discussions on the amount of fines for traffic offenders.

Last September, the ministry was unhappy with the police for discounting fines between 50 and 70 per cent for traffic offences.

The move was intended to encourage offenders to settle summonses and discourage bribery. But Chan slammed the police, saying the cut in fines would send a wrong signal to hardcore traffic offenders.
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Bolehkah? Is this revised scheme going to achieve its twin objectives (1) reduce traffic accidents and fatalities (2) reduce incidence of corruption?

Almost immediately, you have this response from a spokesman representing the heaviest road user (abuser?) group.

I remember a podcast by MrBrown "discussing" the merit of the police's original discounting proposal. Click here to listen to podcast.