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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->LAST Thursday at 9.15pm, I was driving along the Pan-Island Expressway (after Whitley Road, towards Jurong) when a car in the extreme right lane swerved towards me and hit the right side of my car. Within seconds, the car sped off in a zig-zag manner. I gave chase and finally managed to stop him.
When he came out of his car, I could smell alcohol. I asked him if he was drunk and advised him not to drive further. At the same time, I used my mobile phone to call the police. However, even after 15 minutes, the police did not arrive.
The driver was eager to leave the accident scene. He offered me a $10 note to compensate me for the damage and sped off. I took down his number and called the police hotline for the third time. The operator told me none of the patrol cars had responded to my call.
It was only after 30 minutes that a scooter arrived. The officer advised me to go to Traffic Police headquarters to make a report. At the HQ, the officer who attended to me could not explain why no patrol car arrived to arrest the drink driver. After recording my statement, the officer told me the police would now go and arrest him.
As a member of the public, I took a risk to stop a drink driver from endangering other road users. Despite my desperate call for help, there was no urgency on the part of the Traffic Police to nab the driver. Tan Soon Yeoh
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->LAST Thursday at 9.15pm, I was driving along the Pan-Island Expressway (after Whitley Road, towards Jurong) when a car in the extreme right lane swerved towards me and hit the right side of my car. Within seconds, the car sped off in a zig-zag manner. I gave chase and finally managed to stop him.
When he came out of his car, I could smell alcohol. I asked him if he was drunk and advised him not to drive further. At the same time, I used my mobile phone to call the police. However, even after 15 minutes, the police did not arrive.
The driver was eager to leave the accident scene. He offered me a $10 note to compensate me for the damage and sped off. I took down his number and called the police hotline for the third time. The operator told me none of the patrol cars had responded to my call.
It was only after 30 minutes that a scooter arrived. The officer advised me to go to Traffic Police headquarters to make a report. At the HQ, the officer who attended to me could not explain why no patrol car arrived to arrest the drink driver. After recording my statement, the officer told me the police would now go and arrest him.
As a member of the public, I took a risk to stop a drink driver from endangering other road users. Despite my desperate call for help, there was no urgency on the part of the Traffic Police to nab the driver. Tan Soon Yeoh