A Caucasian man driving a red Vespa is the latest to be attacked by the local community for offensive road behaviour.
In a 41-second video shared on blogs Singapore Reckless Drivers and The Real Singapore, the man is seen executing an illegal U-turn when he turns around to show the driver behind him the middle finger.
The driver, who uploaded the video and ‘disseminated’ it to the ‘relevant media’, said he had merely tapped his horn to tell the motorcyclist he was blocking traffic and did not expect to be acknowledged so negatively.
In his submission to TRS, the driver finished his message with, “please help me make him famous. Thanks!”
And they did.
The man’s identity — managing director (MD) of a famous Italian scooter company, no less — was revealed by several online sources including The Unseen Singapore blog within 12 hours. At about the same time, the MD’s Facebook page was deactivated.
The way the drama has unfolded has become a common sight — in January this year, British wealth manager Anton Casey was droven to Perth with his family when online flak caused him his reputation and job. Less than a month after that, Quek Zhen Hao took advantage of the same virtual space that tagged him the ‘Honda road bully’ and offered him death, to apologise publicly and plead that the harrassment stop.
If you ask us, netizens have far too much time on their hands.
He scold me and insult us Singaporeans as “scum of the earth”. I feel that all these remarks against us Singaporeans is not neccessary and furthermore he is in Singapore.
