Pretoria – Gauteng Traffic Police arrested a 41-year-old motorist for speeding on the R21 freeway, reaching 208 km/hour in a Mercedes-Benz sedan.
Spokesperson for Gauteng Traffic Police, Sello Maremane said the 41-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night.
“The speedster was arrested on Tuesday night after (being) found excessively driving a white Mercedes-Benz C200 at 208 km/h in a prescribed maximum speed limit of 120 km/h,” Maremane said.
“The driver was formally charged at Kempton (Park) police station for reckless and negligent driving with an alternative charge for exceeding the speed limit.”
Maremane said the provincial police unit is concerned about the several cases of reckless and negligent driving in the province.
“The Gauteng Traffic Police is concerned about the reckless and negligent driving that the province continues to experience on Gauteng major roads, thus putting the lives of road users at risk.
“The Gauteng Traffic Police will continue in its concerted efforts of patrolling hazardous locations in order to save the lives of road users and anyone found disregarding the rules of the road will be brought to book to face the full might of law.”
In January, the Gauteng Traffic Police’s high-speed unit arrested a 36-year-old driver after she clocked 220 km/h on a prescribed maximum limit of 120 km/h along the N4 East freeway.
At the time, Maremane said the woman was driving a red Volkswagen Golf 7, when she was identified by the high-speed unit which conducts operations on Gauteng major routes and freeways.
“The driver was detained at Bronkhorstspruit police station, facing charges relating to reckless and negligent driving, with an alternative charge of driving in excess of the prescribed speed limit of 120 km/h,” Maremane said.
He said advanced technology was helping the Gauteng Traffic Police to clamp down on reckless drivers.
“The Gauteng Traffic Police’s high-speed unit has been successful in clamping down on speedsters, due to the use of the latest technological devices, such as the moving violation recorders (MVR), during their operations.
“The MVR records the average speed measured over a minimum of 500m. The event is recorded and downloaded for investigation and prosecution purposes,” he said.
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