A netizen has shared their experience of being duped into believing an MPV behind them was a police vehicle – because of its red and blue LED lights.
Footage of the incident, captured by a Facebook user’s onboard cameras, was shared on the SGRV Admin Facebook page with the caption, “Fake SG police car”.
The caption also says the camcar driver “gave way to a car with blue and red LED blinkers on Clemenceau Avenue”, having assumed it was a “police vehicle”.
“After it passed, the low-quality LEDs made me doubt its authenticity. Impersonating police assets is a serious offence that dangerously confuses the public,” the driver says.
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