Traffic Services Stats

20 MARCH 2013
Traffic Services
City Traffic Officers clamped down on drunk drivers this weekend, arresting 39 suspects at various roadblocks across the city.

On Sunday 24 March 2013, Officers conducted an operation focusing on illegal drag-racing in the Bellville, Mitchells Plain and Sea Point areas. Two suspects were arrested for reckless or negligent driving after they were caught illegally drag-racing along Modderdam Road in Bellville.

Also on Sunday, Officers stopped a vehicle at Beach Road and Helen Suzman Boulevard in Sea Point because it looked as though its suspension had been lowered. The driver did not have any form of identification on him, and was taken to the nearest Traffic Department while waiting for his Identity Document to be brought in. He was charged with driving without a licence and the vehicle was suspended as it was not roadworthy.

Officers noted that the passengers in the vehicle appeared very nervous. They searched them and found the 20 year-old passenger in possession of two small bank bags of dagga and the 17 year-old passenger in possession of a dagga pipe and a small amount of dagga. A small amount of dagga was also found in a tog-bag in the car. The two suspects were arrested for possession of illegal narcotics.

Officers issued 767 fines for various offences, including:
21 vehicles suspended for not being roadworthy
46 for failure to wear safety belts
82 for unlicensed drivers
29 for unlicensed motor vehicles
26 for failure to display number plates
435 speeding offences on Helen Suzman Boulevard, between Buitengragt and Portswood Road
61 speeding offences on Vanguard Drive, between Zenith and Heideveld Roads

On Friday 22 March 2013, Officers held a roadblock on Vryburger Avenue in Bothasig, resulting in the arrest of eight suspects for driving under the influence of alcohol. The highest breathalyser reading registered at 0,70mg of alcohol per 1 000ml of breath. In addition, 16 traffic violations were also recorded.

Also on Friday, another 13 drunk drivers were arrested in Somerset West, one of whom had a breathalyser reading of 0,93mg of alcohol per 1 000ml of breath. The driver of a security firm was arrested for being in possession of a fraudulent licence token on the company’s light delivery vehicle; and a further 55 traffic violations were recorded.

Officers arrested 13 suspects for driving under the influence of alcohol at a roadblock in Main Road, Wynberg on Friday. The highest breathalyser reading registered at 0,99mg of alcohol per 1 000ml of breath.

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