{"id":68170,"date":"2026-07-12T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68170"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:25:00","slug":"caught-on-camera-driver-shines-laser-pointer-at-another-car-along-pie-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68170","title":{"rendered":"Caught on camera: Driver shines laser pointer at another car along PIE, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The driver of a Toyota Alphard multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) was recently caught aiming a laser pointer at another car.<\/p>\n<p>Dashcam footage of the incident submitted to Facebook Group SG Road Vigilante shows vehicles moving slowly along a stretch of an expressway on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>As the MPV closes in on the car, its driver is seen using his laser pointer several times.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the glare was so strong that the whole video turned green.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-uuid=\"f91cceff-f0f4-4d9c-86ee-aa235a2a36c6\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"The glare from the laser pointer's beam caused the video to &quot;turn green&quot;.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" src=\"The glare from the laser pointer's beam caused the video to &quot;turn green&quot;. PHOTO: Screengrab\/YouTube\/SG Road Vigilante\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what triggered the MPV driver to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Based on traffic information signage on the opposite side of the expressway, the incident appears to have occurred along the Pan Island Expressway.<\/p>\n<h2>Driver jailed for pointing laser beam at other cars<\/h2>\n<p>In 2021, Patrick Ong Choon Hua, then 52, was sentenced to two weeks&#8217; jail after he pleaded guilty to one charge of committing a rash act that endangered human life.<\/p>\n<p>A second such charge for pointing the laser beam at another car on a separate occasion was taken into consideration for sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Ong said that he had intended for the beam to reflect off the other car&#8217;s rearview mirror and into its driver&#8217;s eyes, so as to force him to change lanes.<\/p>\n<p>In sentencing Ong, Magistrate Hairul Hakkim Kuthibutheen told the court that pointing a laser beam at other drivers\u2019 eyes, directly or indirectly, was \u201cnot merely annoying or irritating but highly perilous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A person found guilty of committing a rash act endangering human life may be jailed for up to six months, fined up to $2,500, or both.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:740081]]<\/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<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/laser-pointer-toyota-alphard-pie-expressway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The driver of a Toyota Alphard multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) was recently caught aiming a laser pointer at another car. Dashcam footage of the incident submitted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68171,"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-68170","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\/68170","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=68170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}