By PE Reporter
BLOEMFONTEIN – Traffic Officers in the Motheo region arrested a Free State Private Engineer for speeding at 246km/h on N1 near Glen north of Bloemfontein. This happened on Tuesday, September 4 at approximately 18h50.
The engineer said he was rushing to catch a plane which he was to board only the following day, Police, Roads and Transport spokesman Zolile Walaza said.
The MEC: Police, Roads & Transport, Butana Komphela expressed “shock and utter dismay that despite all the campaigns on road safety, that there are people who violate the rules and regulations of the road with such impunity.
“Rogue drivers such as this one will face the full might of the law. Traffic Officers and SAPS are in full swing and there is no one who will escape the radar” said Komphela.
He suggested that people committing such offences are liable to have their licences suspended because it’s obvious that they have absolutely no regard for the law. “Just imagine if this irresponsible person were to crash into a fully laden minibus? That would be disastrous”.
The MEC urged all motorists to behave appropriately on the roads so as to curb unnecessary grief caused by road carnage.