Motorist claims trial to driving against traffic flow

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A 26-year-old food seller was charged in the Johor Baru Magistrate's Court for driving recklessly against the flow of traffic.  S. Thaanesh pleaded not guilty to the charge of driving a car recklessly against traffic along KM4 Jalan Gelang Patah-Ulu Choh at around 9am on May 9.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2bbxbe7c   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 26-year-old food seller was charged in the Johor Bahru Magistrates' Court for driving

00:07recklessly against the flow of traffic. S. Thanesh pleaded not guilty to driving his car

00:12recklessly against traffic along Kilometer 4 Jalan Gelang, Pataulu-Cho at around 9 a.m. on

00:19May 9. He was charged under Section 42, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which carries

00:27a penalty of 5 to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 to 15,000 ringgit if convicted.

00:34The Court granted him bail of 6,000 ringgit with one surety. He was also ordered to report

00:40to the police monthly, surrender his passport and have his driving license suspended. The

00:46Court set June 20 for the next mention and submission of documents. The case gained public attention

00:53after a video showing a red car wedged between two lorries went viral on social media.

00:59Iskandar Puteri OCPD Assistant Commissioner M. Kumarasan reportedly said that the 26-year-old

01:05driver was believed to have mistakenly entered the wrong lane while heading to a nearby petrol

01:10station. He added that the driver had driven against traffic for 500 meters before becoming

01:15trapped between the heavy vehicles.

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