HE has received so many speeding tickets since he began riding in 1992 that he has lost count of them.

Last year, he got six speeding summonses, four of them in October and November.

So, in a bid to slow down, part-time deliveryman A Nazar, 36, traded in his fast 916cc motorcycle for a 150cc one in January.

But, he admits, he still finds it hard to keep his speed in check.

He said: 'I speed up only when the roads are clear, usually around 3am or 7am on weekends.

'I don't look at my speedometer when I'm riding, so I don't realise how fast I'm going.'

So, does he have a death wish, especially since he - as a biker - falls into a high-risk group of road-users?

Speeding is a major cause of serious or fatal accidents and most fatalities involve motorcyclists, say the Traffic Police.

Yet, despite having had three minor accidents with cars and being suspended for speeding before, MrNazar insists he is a safe rider.

And it seems like him, many motorists don't keep tabs on how fast they drive or blatantly ignore speed limits.

Last year, a total of 56,067 speeding summonses were issued, a 24 per cent jump over 2006 figures, according to Traffic Police statistics.

Mr Nazar's six tickets last year were also a jump from his 2006 record, which was zero.

He said: 'By the end of 2005, I had more than 12 demerit points. I had to make sure I didn't get any more in 2006 so that I could have a clean record after 12 months.'

His slip-ups last year cost him a fine of $180 and six demerit points for each offence.

But he appealed and got two of the fines and four of the demerit point-penalties waived.

He would have lost his job, which pays only $700 a month, had he received more than 24 points in two years as his licence would have been suspended.

He said he ended up paying $720 in fines and getting 12 demerit points.

Mr Nazar said his speeding tickets last year originated from hand-held laser speed cameras.

'I usually ride after midnight when I finish work, and that's when the (those cameras) are out,' he said.

'I've not been caught by stationary speed cameras because I know their locations.

'I slow down when approaching a stationary speed camera because there are warning signs.'

But he claimed to have seen accidents where vehicles slow down suddenly when they see the signs and are hit by other vehicles from behind.

Mr Nazar revealed that his driving licence was suspended in early 2001 as he had accumulated 24 demerit points within two years. He attended a one-day retraining course at the Singapore Safety Driving Centre and was allowed to ride again after his one-month suspension.

He said: 'Since then, I've become more careful because I won't be able to work if my licence is suspended.

'I'm also careful about pedestrians. What if it's my own auntie I knock down?

'Even if I hit a cat, which happened once, I won't be able to sleep at night.'