Porsche driver given 5 days’ jail, RM10,000 fine for dangerous driving

 Deputy public prosecutor Adriana Maisarah Farid says footage from a dashboard camera shows the accused was a road bully who drove dangerously.

Screenshots of the dashboard camera recording showing the road bully driving a luxury car.

PETALING JAYA:

A Porsche Cayenne driver was sentenced to five days in prison and fined RM10,000 by the magistrates’ court here after pleading guilty to dangerous driving of the luxury car on a highway near Bandar Kinrara.

A dashboard camera recording of the incident had gone viral on social media.

Magistrate Nur Natasya Mohtaruddin ordered Woo Hong Jiang, 56, to serve his prison term starting today, alongside a five-year suspension of his driving licence and six months’ imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.

The man, who was unrepresented, was charged with driving the vehicle in a manner dangerous to himself and other road users along the Puchong Bypass heading towards Bukit Jalil, Serdang, at 2.14pm, on Oct 18.

The charge was brought under Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333), which provides for a maximum imprisonment of five years and a fine ranging from RM5,000 to RM15,000.

Deputy public prosecutor Adriana Maisarah Farid, who requested a heavy sentence, said the dashboard camera footage showed the accused was a road bully who drove dangerously and whose actions could have caused an accident.

“The accused deserves a high fine and a prison term exceeding the minimum period to serve as a lesson to him and the public,” she said. - FMT