For those who drive to Johor Bahru (JB), you know how frustrating it can get when a car tries to beat the long customs queue by driving on the lane reserved for buses and lorries before cutting back into the car lane.
It appears that such wrongdoers will face just punishment by being banned from Singapore.
Recently, a Malaysian-registered vehicle which tried to cut queue by pulling this stunt was banned (together with the driver) from entering Singapore.
Here is what happened.
Malaysian Car Uses Reserved Bus and Lorry Lane to Cut Queue
A Facebook video posted on the account SG Road Vigilante – SGRV earlier this month has been making rounds on the internet as it features a black car cutting queue along the Causeway.
It has gone so viral that the video has now over 206k views.
The video appears to be footage from a dashboard camera of a car waiting in line.
In the video, a black Toyota Alphard is seen travelling in the rightmost lane of the Causeway, which is reserved for buses and lorries.
The two car lanes to the left are congested, with the cars inching forward slightly.
Two officers were seen stopping the black Toyota in its tracks as it was in the wrong lane.
The car pauses for a moment but later speeds off, driving dangerously close to one of the officers.
This was possible as one of the two officers had veered slightly off to the right, giving the car the space it needed to make a dash for it.
The two officers are seen with their hands to their ears, appearing to talk to other people through their work devices.
The car was travelling from Singapore to Malaysia via the Woodlands Checkpoint when this occurred.
While the black car managed to escape the two offices, the stunt it pulled was not wise.
The Straits Times spoke to a spokesperson from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), who revealed that the Malaysian-registered vehicle and the Malaysian driving the vehicle were banned from Singapore because of this incident.
The spokesperson also clarified that the two officers had initially asked the car to U-turn back towards Singapore as it was in the wrong lane, which the driver did not heed.
Investigations are also underway for this matter.
Finally, the ICA also advised that it does not “condone the behaviour of errant motorists who deliberately disobey traffic rules” and that enforcement action will be taken against motorists caught cutting queues.
It’s great news that stricter action is taken after the mere warnings and requests to U-turn back to Singapore, which ICA was previously doing.