Mercedes drives onto footpath outside OCBC Centre, confuses pedestrians & netizens
A Mercedes recently took an unexpected detour by driving onto the footpath outside the OCBC Centre on Chulia Street, sparking confusion among other road users and online viewers.
The incident, which reportedly happened on Tuesday (19 Aug) at 3.45pm, was captured on video and shared on the SG Road Vigilante (SGRV) Facebook group.
Mercedes carefully drives up ramp onto footpath
In the footage, the Mercedes is seen making a left turn onto one-way Phillip Street.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
Instead of continuing along the road, the driver appears to mistake the pedestrian footpath in front of the OCBC Centre as a drivable lane.
The car carefully manoeuvres up a ramp and onto the footpath, then proceeds forward.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
Bystanders can be seen looking on in bewilderment, glancing back and forth between the Mercedes and the road it came from.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
At one point, a man dressed in white watches the vehicle pass with a puzzled expression before breaking into a broad grin.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
According to the post, the Mercedes continued along the footpath until reaching the OCBC Centre’s pick-up point, where it finally rejoined the proper roadway.
Source: Google Maps
Netizens crack ‘your grandfather’s road’ jokes
Netizens had a field day with the unusual sight.
Some jokingly suggested that the driver was following cycling or walking directions on their GPS.
Source: Facebook
“His grandfather’s name is [Phillip],” another commenter said, alluding to the “your grandfather’s road” insult used against poor drivers.
Source: Facebook
Others had a laugh at the man in white’s confused reaction to the sight.
Source: Facebook
Another joked that the driver might have mistakenly set the building’s lobby as the designated pick-up point.
Source: Facebook
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Featured image adapted from SG Road Vigilante on Facebook.
