We should give pressure to have this FT punished!
SINGAPORE - A netizen wrote in to citizen journalism website Stomp to share his encounter with a drink driver.
The netizen said a male driver had hit his car and fled. After being chased down, he threw away a beer bottle he had with him. The man also refused to cooperate with a female traffic police officer, who had to coax him more than 20 times into taking a breathalyser test.
In his email, the netizen said the man was drunk as he failed the breathalyser test given by another male traffic police officer who arrived at the scene later on.
Said the netizen: "It was 11am on Friday (Feb 22) when my car was hit from the back by a drink driver. One would not expect to find a drink driver at such an odd hour but yes, he was one."
The netizen added he found out the man was a foreigner from his conversation with the traffic police woman.
"After hitting my car, he sped away. Recovering from my shock quickly, I chased him. I managed to drive alongside his car and gestured for him to stop.
"Instead, he showed me his middle finger. Suddenly, he made a left turn into Valley road, and went against the flow of traffic.
"Luckily, there was no pedestrians crossing the road or any oncoming cars. As it was a two-way lane, I turned left and tried to block his path with my car.
"He, however, managed to inch his vehicle forward and quickly got out to throw away a San Miguel beer bottle. As I was approaching him, he shouted, 'F*** you Singaporean man'. He then pushed my shoulder and uttered the four-letter word another time.
"I was so tempted to beat the daylight out of him but controlled my emotions. By then, a few workers from a nearby shop were gathering to watch the entire saga.
"One Chinese worker told me he too saw him throw a bottle into the dustbin. Shortly after, a woman traffic police officer arrived and I have to say that I was very displeased with the way she handled the situation.
"She tried to coax him to blow into the breathalyser tester for more than 20 times but each time, he just gave a puff.
"I then called the traffic police operations room to voice my concern about the situation. In less than 10 minutes, a male traffic police officer arrived, followed by a Volvo Highway patrol and a police car.
"The man was then brought to the back of the Highway patrol car and made to put both hands at the boot. He was then ordered to give a long hard blow and he failed the test.
"He was subsequently arrested without any handcuffs. They put him at the back of the Highway patrol and told me he will be taken to police station."
