Singapore — A man was fined $1,000 and disqualified from driving for nine months after he was caught zooming down the East Coast Parkway at over 200 kmh.
That is way more than twice the 90kmh speed limit on that expressway.
It could have been worse for Allan Ong, 34, because he also lied to the police days later, when he was being questioned about the speeding. Ong claimed he did not know the person who had been driving his car on the ECP that night.
And to top it all, half an hour after the speeding incident, he was also spotted at a carpark in Marine Terrace, not wearing a mask covering his nose and mouth.
In court on Wednesday, he told the judge that at around 10:30 pm on Sept 3, 2020, he had been taking his wife home. District Judge Salina Ishak admonished him for endangering both their lives by driving at such a high speed.
“In any event why were you driving at such a high speed – 201kmh? What were you trying to achieve, Mr Ong?” the excuse he gave was that his wife was drunk and “trying to do something funny”, so he wanted to get her back home, Yahoo!News reported.
Noting that he had driven at 111km/h above the speed limit, the judge handed down the maximum fine for speeding that she could give a first offender.
His sentencing took into consideration the two other charges against him, namely, giving false information to a public servant, and failing to wear a mask in public.
For repeat offenders, the maximum penaltly is double the fine or six months in jail, and disqualification from driving for as long as the court decides.
Ong apologised to the court and asked for leniency, saying he had four children, was the sole breadwinner, and had already had his driving licence suspended for 18 months, reported TODAY.
The prosecution had asked for a driving ban of 10 months as well as a maximum fine to be imposed, in order to send a strong deterrent signal against speeding.
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