{"id":20847,"date":"2025-12-17T22:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20847"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:35:47","slug":"driver-who-collided-with-another-vehicle-to-face-first-etomidate-related-traffic-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20847","title":{"rendered":"Driver who collided with another vehicle to face first etomidate-related traffic charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Etomidate was classified as a Class C controlled drug on Sep 1 as Singapore stepped up efforts to crack down on vaping and Kpods, or vape pods containing etomidate.<\/p>\n<p>The man will also be charged with dangerous driving, which carries a maximum fine of S$5,000, a jail term of up to 12 months, or both.<\/p>\n<p>The offence of driving under the influence of a drug carries a fine ranging from S$2,000 to S$10,000, a jail term of up to 12 months, or both.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man may also face disqualification from driving all classes of vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDriving under the influence of drugs is extremely dangerous and irresponsible,\u201d the police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, etomidate impaired the driver\u2019s judgment, resulting in him driving dangerously and colliding into another vehicle. It was fortunate that no one was injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/man-drug-etomidate-collide-vehicle-charged-vapes-dangerous-driving-5623621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etomidate was classified as a Class C controlled drug on Sep 1 as Singapore stepped up efforts to crack down on vaping and Kpods, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--0i0QkQvv--\/c_crop,h_482,w_857,x_1,y_6\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/12\/17\/image-4.png?itok=x5cBrD7x","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8196,13414,4916,13415,3507,2996,6059],"class_list":["post-20847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-charge","tag-collided","tag-driver","tag-etomidaterelated","tag-face","tag-traffic","tag-vehicle","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}