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Punggol Residents Complain About Loud, Popping Racing Car Noises at 1:30am Regularly

2022-03-31 , 3:04 pm

Yes, Singapore roads can be pretty empty during the late hours.

But that does not give anyone the right to use the empty roads for a Honda Civic photoshoot location or treat them as racetracks.

Unfortunately, some individuals didn’t get the memo about basic courtesy and manners.

Loud Noises Emitted as a Blue Car Speeds Along the Punggol Road

On Tuesday (29 Mar), a Tiktok user by the handle of @yeaitsgerald uploaded a short clip of a blue car speeding along the road.

@yeaitsgerald 1.30am and this cb kia did it twice. Hello SPF/TP @Singapore Police Force #fypsg #fyp #sgtiktok #sg ♬ 原聲 – NྀིeྀིkྀིoྀིHྀིaྀིnྀིaྀི

Disregarding how the vehicle was definitely breaking speed limits, the worst part about this particular prick of a driver is that their car would always leave loud, popping noises in their wake.

At 1:30am at night.

If someone ever rings my phone at the crack of dawn, someone better be dead or dying.

The TikToker is clearly less than pleased too, but the sarcastic commentary has never been funnier or more appropriate in the short clip.

Someone first imitates the dumb noises that the vehicle is emitting before she exclaims in Hokkien, “Bom! Anzhui jin dui sia!” (Bang! It’s so freaking loud!)

What’s Up with the Loud Popping Noises?

The reason why the car generated such loud noises was because it backfired.

Backfires occur when unburnt fuel exits the engine through the exhaust system, where it then ignites and leaves the exhaust at high speeds. This can cause a visible flame to leave the exhaust, and it’s usually accompanied by a loud bang.

Normal cars usually only backfire because its internal system has problems regulating the air to fuel mixture as it enters the engine. It can arise from a number of reasons:

Issues with carburettor or fuel injection system
Clogged filters
Missing catalytic converters
Broken piping

Or, the backfires might have been built into the car by design.

… Which is probably the case for the blue car driver, who seems to live off the adrenaline and ostentatiousness, given the frequency of their midnight races.

For modified or supercars, backfiring takes place when the driver shifts up a gear and takes their foot off the gas pedal. This allows the rich fuel to enter the engine, but the fuel engine burns incompletely, causing the fuel to enter the exhaust system where it ignites.

Honestly, all I’m seeing from this is a waste of fuel, and do you know how high petrol prices are right now? Bloody expensive, that’s what it is.

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Residents Complaining About the Noise Pollution

Upon scrolling through the comments, it’s immediately apparent that the TikTok user isn’t the only one who’s peeved by the nightly disruptions.

There were quite a few expletives thrown around, insulting the driver, which isn’t appropriate for Goody Feed, but you can pursue the comments at your own pleasure.

This one is pretty funny though:

And the thing about the loud popping noises is that it tends to echo in the quiet streets; even after the blue car speeds away, it can still be heard from the distance as the sound bounces off the high-rise buildings.

The original poster also notes that this isn’t the only vehicle the street racer wannabe owns, listing that they’ve caught sight of their modified Maserati and Mercedes CLA too.

From the comments, it can be seen that the driver’s most common racing ground stretches from Sengkang West, where they typically park, all the way to the LRT stations in Punggol, such as Cove and Meridian LRT station, and to the Global Indian International School nearby.

This driver covers a lot of ground, and I don’t mean it in a good way.

(Also, please note that the image reference above is just a possible pathing created from all the location markers given by the Tiktok commenters.)

Worst still, the driver can go on weekend joyrides that last till 3am to 4am in the morning.

It’s unknown whether it’s the same culprit or just another inconsiderate fellow, but other netizens have stated that they heard similar noises near Admiralty school. Whether it’s the primary or secondary school, they are both in the Woodlands area.

Therefore, it’s more than likely that there’s more than one culprit going around town, annoying the residents living near the roads.

Residents Want the Police to Take Action

It’s unknown if any Punggol or Sengkang residents have lodged a police report because of the late-night noise pollution caused by the car, but the Traffic Police and Singapore Police Force were definitely tagged in the Tiktok video.

Thus far, the police have yet to announce if they’re looking into this matter on social media, nor have they issued any public statements.

Either way, the Punggol residents just want this inconsiderate driver off their streets and quit disturbing their good night’s sleep.

Perhaps the driver might be rich enough to not have to work the next day, but other people still need to wake up early the next morning.

Moreover, there are traffic laws and rules that prohibit loud noises after a certain point in time—which is why live performances, constructions and trains stop their operations—so you can imagine that the driver will be in a world of trouble once they get caught.