Car Intentionally Braked On Expressway Causing Accident, Many Think it’s A Scam

I think we can all agree that the majority of Singaporeans are a reserved and polite group of people who’ll graciously offer to help those in need.

Unless, of course, they’re behind the wheel of a car.

For reasons unknown, once a Singaporean gets into a vehicle, even if they happen to be the nicest person in the country, they’ll immediately turn into an angry fiend whose only goal in life is to annoy and infuriate other drivers and cause accidents.

As we’ve all seen on videos online, these accidents are usually caused by a motorist’s recklessness or impatience.

But sometimes, these accidents aren’t accidents at all but suspected planned collisions.

Car Intentionally Braked On Expressway Causing Accident, Many Think it’s A Scam

A video of an accident on an expressway is ruffling some feathers as netizens believe it was orchestrated by one of the drivers involved.

The minute-long video was posted on the Facebook page Singapore Roads Accidents on Tuesday morning (29 Sep).

In the video, which was recorded on the dashboard camera of one of the cars involved, a car is seen travelling at a swift speed along the rightmost lane of an expressway.

The road looks to be clear, as there are barely any vehicles on the other lanes.

At the 10-second mark, what appears to be a Honda Accord dashes past the car with the camera and cuts into its lane.

What was the rush?

Maybe he was racing back home to catch a football match?

Maybe he heard that a new fast-food restaurant had opened up?

What happens next, is quite inexplicable.

After cutting into the lane at breakneck speed, the Accord suddenly brakes and comes to a stop.

Caught off guard, the car behind slams into the back of the Accord, and the Accord moves forward a little before halting again.

The driver of the Accord then gets out his car (without a mask) and proceeds to take photos of the car’s license plate as well as the driver.

A woman in the passenger seat of the Accord alights as well, and the video ends soon after.

Accident or Scam?

Many netizens who commented on the video believed the driver of the Accord had intentionally braked, and that the whole thing was part of a scam.

Road Rage

According to STOMP, the driver of the car which knocked into the back of the Honda vehicle has spoken up.

He had unintentionally cut into the Honda’s lane before the incident happened, which was “carelessness” on his part.

After the two had gotten off the Honda, they shouted angrily at him to come out of the car and “settle”.

His two kids, aged 3 and 11, who were with him during the incident, were traumatised.

The driver had shared his dashcam footage hoping to warn others about such dangerous drivers.

Drivers Can Be Punished For Intentionally Causing Such Accidents

Now, if you’re like the Accord driver in the video, you might think that getting another car to ram you in the back will give you the license to charge him an exorbitant fee to repair the “damage” done to your vehicle.

But you could actually go to jail for this.

According to Singapore Legal Advice, a university professor was charged in 2017 after he intentionally applied the emergency brake three times, causing another car to collide with the rear of his vehicle.

For committing a rash act, the professor was jailed for a week, fined S$2,000, and banned from driving for 6 months.

So, if this was intentional, the driver of the Accord could be in trouble.

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