He had packed his family of five into their Toyota Picnic MPV for a short self-drive holiday to Malaysia for the long weekend.

The frequent traveller up north thought he would avoid the crowd by leaving home at noon on Friday, since most Singaporean drivers heading for Malaysia start out early in the morning, and he thought the jam would have cleared by the afternoon.

Read Tan Yi Hui's full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.