A video emerged online showing an Audi speeding and beating a red light and almost crashing into a girl who was crossing the road.
Thankfully the girl stopped just in time and the car ended up narrowly missing her and sped away.
Driver arrested
The police said in a press release that they were alerted to “a video of a car who had purportedly failed to comply with the red-light signal at a pedestrian crossing along Lentor Avenue.”
They added that the car “almost collided into a pedestrian who was crossing the road at the time”.
The driver was then arrested on 4 January for dangerous driving, after his identity was established with followup investigations.
His driver’s license was also suspended immediately and investigations against him are underway.
The police urged all motorists to follow the traffic rules, they said:
“The Traffic Police will not hesitate to take firm action against motorists who choose to flout traffic laws and endanger the safety of other road users.”