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Legislate against taking photos of traffic accidents

Netizens who posted photos of the Tampines traffic accident lacked respect for the victims and common decency for the feelings of the bereaved family, relatives and friends. To begin with, the purpose of taking such morbid photos is unimaginable.

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Dennis Ong Chin Siew

Netizens who posted photos of the Tampines traffic accident lacked respect for the victims and common decency for the feelings of the bereaved family, relatives and friends. To begin with, the purpose of taking such morbid photos is unimaginable.

I recall my son’s disgust when he and his Civil Defence colleagues were summoned to a similarly gruesome accident. His team experienced difficulties in having to stop curious, wide-eyed motorists from using their smartphones to snap photos as their vehicles slowly passed by, little realising that they were compounding the traffic chaos.

An accident site is potentially a crime scene; surely there are laws that disallow people from taking images in such circumstances.

If not, there should be, with deterrent penalties for those whose photos end up on the web.

It is sad if legislation might be needed to discourage such inappropriate behaviour when the teaching should have been at the parent’s lap.

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