Notorious for high speeds and unsafe lane-changing with the potential of horrific multi-vehicle accidents occurring, the stretch of the N3 southbound between the Geldenhuys and Elands interchange was the focus of the EMPD High Speed Unit, last Sunday.
The special operation commenced at 5am and ended at 10am.
Four alleged speedsters were arrested and charged at the Germiston Police Station.
“A 30-year-old male driver in a blue BMW sedan with one male passenger was stopped and arrested after clocking 192km/h on this 120km/h stretch of the highway giving the lame reason of ‘just rushing home’.
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“He was stopped and arrested at 6am,” said Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, spokesman for the EMPD.
The second culprit, who was apprehended at 8.16am, was doing 188km/h in a silver Audi3 in the company of two female passengers and claimed that he was rushing to Durban.
The third arrestee was a 60-year-old man on an orange Triumph motorcycle caught doing 166km/h who claimed that he was late for a breakfast meeting.
The fourth speedster was a 38-year-old man who was also caught. He was doing 166km/h in a blue Mercedes Benz sedan and said that he was rushing home.
All four arrested drivers were detained at the Germiston Police Station and subsequently released on R1 000 bail each.
They are expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court soon.
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