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Man punched old man for driving too slowly
Shin Min Daily News
A man has been convicted for punching an old man who drove his car too slowly.
Huang Jin Ying (27, restaurant director) was charged for assaulting Chen Kun Wei (65, self-employed) on 10 April this year.
Chen had been celebrating his birthday at St. James Power Station that day. Chen was leaving the place at about 4.30am and was driving his car towards the carpark gantry when Huang's car got behind that of Chen's.
Huang's car was driven by his wife, Wang Hui Fen at that time.
Chen was driving very slowly on the one-lane road towards the gantry, and Wang had no choice but to follow slowly behind. Irked at how slow Chen was driving, Wang sounded her horn to urge Chen to drive faster.
A short while later, Chen stopped his car along the one-lane road to pick up his wife and daughter, further infuriating Huang and his wife, who had to wait for them before they could move.
Wang sounded her horn again at Chen, who responded by winding down his window to signal them to wait a while. The husband-and-wife duo then began quarreling in the car behind Chen. Huang took over driving the car at this point.
Chen's family had boarded the car by this time and Chen continued to move towards the carpark gantry. However, the older man stopped at the gantry again after realising that his cashcard contained insufficient value to pay for his parking fee.
Huang, incensed at the delay, got down from his car and punched Chen without a second word. Chen fainted from the punch and sustained a swollen right eye and a 2cm scratch on the right side of his face. He received 14 stitches as a result of the attack.
In mitigation, Huang explained that he had thought Chen flashed him an offensive sign when Chen wound down his window earlier to signal for them to wait. Huang also said that he did not realise that Chen was an old man before punching him.
After discovering he had hit an old man, Huang apologised immediately and remained at the scene without attempting to flee.
Huang has been sentenced to 7 days of short term detention for the offence.
Source: Shin Min Daily News, 20 October 2011.
