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Officials warn against dangerous TikTok 'Maui Wowie' where youngsters hang from road signs

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Officials have warned youths about a dangerous TikTok trend where they hang from streetlights and road signs.

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has urged the public to refrain from treating road infrastructure like a playground after several locals took part in the strange social media craze.

Footage shows a woman hanging from a street sign near a zebra crossing, while mouthing the words to the 2008 song 'Maui Wowie' by American rapper Kid Cudi.

The LTA, in a statement on Tuesday, said: 'We're aware of a social media trend where netizens film themselves hanging onto traffic lights, street signs and other road infrastructure.

'Fun's fun, but our road infrastructure isn't a playground. It helps facilitate travel and keeps everyone safe. Please don't use them as props for social media. Let's keep our roads safe (and your content risk-free).'

The bizarre fad involves TikTokers dead-hanging from signposts, traffic lights, height clearance barriers, waiting sheds, and other objects as they lip-sync to the hiphop song, which references a strain of marijuana from Hawaii.

The trend is believed to have blown up in September after a US-based TikToker, who goes by the handle @aaronxbrown, filmed himself dangling casually from a traffic light, using the song as his background music.

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