Due to numerous complaints received of some motorists approaching the Dalpark Plaza on the N17 highway westbound at breakneck speeds and creating an unsafe environment for law-abiding motorists, the EMPD High-Speed Unit on March 31 decided to set up speed-registering equipment just before the bend leading to the control point.
According to EMPD spokesperson Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, as a result of this speeding, two vehicles were involved in a fatal crash earlier this year.
“The special operation conducted between 5.30am and 9am on Sunday yielded six arrests of speedsters caught doing speeds of between 121km/h and 147km/h,” he said.
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“One of the arrested speedsters in an Audi sedan is a repeat offender who was arrested two months ago in Brakpan.”
Kgasago explained that the arrested motorists were all men aged between 30 and 43.
They were caught doing 147km/h, 136km/h, 134km/h, 131km/h, 126km/h and 121km/h, advancing reasons of either being late for work or a church service.
All were charged with reckless and negligent driving at the Brakpan Police Station, but were later released after posting bail of R1 000 each.
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