A controversial video of a São Paulo police car in Brazil has gone viral on social media after the vehicle was seen zigzagging to block motorcyclists from overtaking.
A São Paulo police car was caught on camera performing zigzag maneuvers on a busy city avenue. The video quickly went viral and sparked a heated debate among internet users.
The footage, which has already surpassed 1 million views, shows a police vehicle accelerating and preventing a motorcyclist from passing. The two vehicles make slight contact, but the motorcyclist manages to stay upright.
The video then shows the officer maneuvering the vehicle in a zigzag pattern to further block other approaching motorcycles.
Some users criticized the police’s actions, while others suggested that the officers may have been escorting a convoy and were preventing motorcycles from overtaking as a security measure.
According to the Brazilian police manual, zigzag driving is used as a technique to slow down vehicles following behind.
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