The EMPD Speed Enforcement Unit arrested four drivers for exceeding the speed limit of 100km/h on Albertina Sisulu (R21) freeway direction south (between Griffiths turnoff and the N12 bridge) on Tuesday, between 6am and 11am.
According to Kobeli Mokheseng, EMPD media liaison officer, a 28-year old man in a white Mercedes Benz C-class clocked the highest speed of 178km/h .
“He was nabbed at 6.20am, claiming that he test driving his new wheels. The second highest was a 30-year old man in a white Toyota Quantum minibus taxi, caught doing 165km/h stating that he was late to collect travelers from Daveyton to Eastern Cape,” said Mokheseng,.
The rest of offenders including an Uber driver, registered speeds of between 165 and 157km/h citing late for work or late to pick up a client, as reasons for not obeying the rules of the road.
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