{"id":21826,"date":"2025-12-21T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21826"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:55:35","slug":"van-driver-falls-asleep-behind-wheel-outside-traffic-police-hq-arrested-for-drink-driving-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21826","title":{"rendered":"Van driver falls asleep behind wheel outside Traffic Police HQ, arrested for drink driving, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 36-year-old man who allegedly drove his van under the influence of alcohol was taken into custody by Traffic Police (TP) officers on Saturday (Dec 20) morning.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at around 12.25am along Paya Lebar Road, about 450m away from the TP headquarters along Ubi Avenue 3.<\/p>\n<p>When AsiaOne passed by the scene at 1.40am, at least two police fast response cars, two TP outriders and a TP expressway patrol car were seen in the area.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne understands that a member of the public had called the police after noticing the van stopped just before the junction of Ubi Avenue 2, on the second leftmost lane.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"476\" width=\"267\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1400681288113549%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the police said that they were alerted to a call for assistance involving a stationary van along Paya Lebar Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A 36-year-old male van driver was arrested for drink driving. No injuries were reported,&#8221; added the police.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Those found guilty of leaving their vehicles in a manner that causes undue inconvenience to others may be fined up to $2,000, jailed for up to three months, or both.<\/p>\n<p>For the offence of drink driving, motorists can be fined between $2,000 and $10,000, jailed for up to 12 months, or both.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/traffic-deaths-and-injuries-climb-first-half-2025-rise-among-elderly-pedestrians-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">figures from the Traffic Police<\/a>, the number of drink-driving arrests increased from 818 in the first half of 2024 to 862 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/anti-drink-driving-campaign-returns-amid-rise-number-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Anti-Drink Drive Campaign<\/a>, Traffic Police collaborated with valet service providers to remind motorists to not drive if they intend to consume alcohol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:726907]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/van-driver-falls-asleep-behind-wheel-outside-traffic-police-hq-arrested-drink-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 36-year-old man who allegedly drove his van under the influence of alcohol was taken into custody by Traffic Police (TP) officers on Saturday (Dec&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826","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=21826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}