{"id":31594,"date":"2026-02-25T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31594"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:02:35","slug":"man-fined-4500-for-dangerous-driving-after-he-drove-against-traffic-for-around-3-5km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31594","title":{"rendered":"Man fined $4,500 for dangerous driving after he drove against traffic for around 3.5km"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; A man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/man-to-be-charged-after-driving-against-flow-of-traffic-along-bartley-road-east?ref=most-popular&amp;ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">drove a car against the flow of traffic<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <!-- -->for around 3.5km was fined $4,500 after pleading guilty to a dangerous driving charge on Feb 25. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Harold Ong was also disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for 1\u00bd years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to court documents, he committed the offence along Bartley Road East towards Tampines Avenue 10 at about 12.40am on Dec 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">His actions caused another motorist to take evasive action by switching to another lane, the<!-- --> documents<!-- --> stated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In an earlier statement, the police said Ong, 25, had left the scene by the time officers received a report about the case shortly before 1am that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Traffic Police officers established his identity through investigations and traffic camera footage, and arrested him soon after.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For dangerous driving, a first-time offender can be jailed for up to a year, fined up to $5,000, or both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A repeat offender faces up to two years\u2019 jail, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-fined-4500-after-driving-against-traffic-for-around-3-5km\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; A man who drove a car against the flow of traffic for around 3.5km was fined $4,500 after pleading guilty to a dangerous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31257,"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-31594","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\/31594","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=31594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}