{"id":46322,"date":"2026-04-21T22:53:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46322"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:53:42","slug":"man-seen-driving-against-traffic-flow-in-bukit-batok-arrested-for-dangerous-driving-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46322","title":{"rendered":"Man seen driving against traffic flow in Bukit Batok, arrested for dangerous driving, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 46-year-old male driver has been arrested after he was caught on dashcam footage driving against the flow of traffic in Bukit Batok.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 4.20pm on April 17, along Bukit Batok Road towards Jurong Town Hall Road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/BMW-Drive-Against-Traffic-Bukit-Batok-Map.jpeg\" data-entity-uuid=\"2e1e0b99-08e3-4b4a-89ba-ea72a5bbf902\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Map showing where the BMW 5 series saloon car was seen driving against the flow of traffic on April 17. \" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"Map showing where the BMW 5 series saloon car was seen driving against the flow of traffic on April 17. INFOGRAPHIC: AsiaOne\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dashcam footage of the incident shared on Facebook page SG Road Vigilante shows a black BMW 5 series driving against the flow of traffic on the second rightmost lane.<\/p>\n<p>A row of vehicles were seen forming up on the rightmost lane, which is a right-turn lane towards the Pan Island Expressway. Several vehicles were also seen stopping briefly as the BMW car passed them.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how the BMW ended up in the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The police told AsiaOne that a 46-year-old male car driver was arrested in relation to the incident, adding that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Driving against the flow of traffic may constitute the offence of dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb 25, a 25-year-old male driver was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/bartley-road-east-drive-against-traffic-charged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged for dangerous driving<\/a> after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/car-driving-against-traffic-bartley-road-east-police-investigating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen driving against the flow of traffic along Bartley Road East<\/a> on December 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone convicted of dangerous driving can be fined up to $5,000, failed for up to a year, or both.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:730380]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>No part of this story can be reproduced without the permission of AsiaOne<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/man-seen-driving-against-traffic-flow-bukit-batok-arrested-dangerous-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 46-year-old male driver has been arrested after he was caught on dashcam footage driving against the flow of traffic in Bukit Batok. The incident&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46323,"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-46322","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\/46322","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=46322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}