SINGAPORE: A video of an altercation between the driver of a car and a motorcyclist was posted on the SG Road Vigilante Facebook and YouTube pages on Monday (April 1).
In it, the irate motorcyclist confronted the driver, saying that he is from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Military Police Command and had the authority to impound the vehicle of the driver.
The Singapore Army acknowledged the incident the following day via social media, and on Wednesday (Apr 3), it was reported in TODAY that SAF has filed a police report against the motorcyclist.
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The incident is said to have occurred on Thursday last week (Mar 28) at the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE).
The dash cam video shows the motorcyclist stopping in front of the vehicle, while the driver of the car can be heard asking him why he pointed his middle finger at him.
“#FBU1184L yamaha yzf155 upset at camcar lane changing stopped and block lane 1 of the expressway to confront camcar quoted rider blocked, came down the bike, say he is from military police command and claim he can impound my vehicle…,” the caption to the video reads.
The motorcyclist then answers him by asking whether he was trying to cause an accident, but the car driver tells him he had signaled his intentions.
The motorcyclist then claimed to be from from “Military Police Command” and proceeded to ask the driver if he wanted his car to be impounded. The car driver, provokes, retorts that he’s “not scared.” The altercation escalates with a shout from one of the men before the motorcyclist leaves the scene.
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In its post, SAF wrote that upon conducting preliminary investigations, it found that the motorcyclist is an Operationally-Ready National Serviceman who is not, however, with the SAF Military Police Command. Neither was he under In-Camp-Training (ICT) at the time of the incident.
“The SAF holds our servicepersons to high standard of conduct and discipline. We do not condone such unruly behaviour,” the army wrote, adding, “Impersonation of SAF personnel is a serious offence, and offenders will be liable for prosecution.”
/TISG
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