A Honda driver who disobeyed the hand signal of a traffic cop and ended up clipping the officer and escaping on Tuesday turned himself in. It turns out the lawbreaker is also a cop.

In the widely-shared footage of the incident, the Honda driver refuses to stop at a crosswalk in Samut Songkhram, he weaved around other cars and ended up clipping Pol.Sen.Sgt.Maj. Teera Suebtrakul, 44, in the most irresponsible, impatient show of driving.

When the officer tried to stop him for this, he sped off.

Pol. Teera said he was on duty, managing traffic at the crosswalk that afternoon because many students needed to cross the road after school, but the Honda driver just drove through the crosswalk and ignored his hand signals.

The Honda driver was later identified as a cop, Pol.L/Cpl. Pattarawut Puek-iam, 22, from Border Police Headquarters. He turned himself in yesterday and apologized to the fellow cop he almost injured.

Photo: Sanook

Pol. Pattarawut said he was working in Bangkok that day, but his wife called him to rush home to Samut Songkhram because their child was sick and needed to see the doctor, so the cop turned on both blinkers to show that he had an emergency before driving through the crosswalk.

Pol. Teera accepted the apology and warned the younger cop that there were many students and guardians using the crosswalk in the area, and people expected the police to guarantee their safety while using the crosswalk.

Pol. Pattarawut was charged for disobeying the hand signals of traffic police and exceeding the time period for using a temporary red license plate, Sanook reported.

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