'He let me off with a friendly warning': Mercedes driver pulled over by Traffic Police speaks out

asiaone.com · politics

"Moral of the story? Drive safe and do not tailgate. Simple as that."This was what the purported driver of an orange Mercedes car wrote in response to comments on a video posted on Saturday (Nov 14), showing a Traffic Police (TP) officer pulling him over along the Central Expressway (CTE).The dashcam footage, submitted to SG Road Vigilante (SGRV) and posted on its Facebook page on Nov 14, shows an orange Mercedes car driving behind the cam car.Moments later, a TP outrider is seen riding next to the Mercedes.The officer is seen turning his head several times to look at the Mercedes car and the vehicle ahead, before switching on his sirens and signalling for the Mercedes driver to move to the road shoulder.In its post, SGRV wrote that the car was pulled over for tailgating when the cam car was already driving at the speed limit of 90kmh.On the comments section, some netizens questioned if it was indeed a case of tailgating, while others suggested that the driver could have been pulled over for offences such as illegal window tinting or using a mobile device while driving.

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