A DRUNKEN ZIMBABWEAN DRIVER TRIES TO BRIBE TRAFFIC WITH R100 UPON ARREST FOR TRAFFIC LAW INFRINGEMENT
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean driver is facing two charges and is expected to appear in Brits Magistrate Court tomorrow on Monday, 23rd of December 2024. This follows an attempt to bribe a North West Provincial Traffic Officer upon his arrest for drunken driving.
He tried to bribe a Traffic Officer with one hundred rand when arrested for drunk driving. He is one of the 941 drivers arrested for drunk driving throughout the country.
About 30 drivers were arrested in the Brits CBD and surrounding areas of Mothotlung, Letlhabile and Mmakau over the weekend.
Drunk driving has been identified as one of the major contributors of fatal crashes.
As of the beginning of the festive season the Province has recorded 36 fatalities from 31 crashes. This is seven percent of the 512 fatalities in the Republic for the weekend leading to Christmas.
The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management Wessels Morweng appreciated the work of the North West Provincial Traffic Officers since the beginning of the festive period. He said traffic officers must continue to do their work diligently and all forms of traffic violations will be severely punished on all Provincial routes.
“These crashes are causing us lot of pain and we continue to loose beloved ones due to avoidable accidents. This also costs the State millions of Rands. We will not allow any drunken driver on our roads as this has recently been identified as one of the major contributing factors to crashes. Any contravention of any traffic statute will be met with harsh punishment. Anyone found behind the wheel while intoxicated will be locked up,” said MEC Morweng.
When activating the Provincial Road Safety Campaign with Premier Lazarus Mokgosi a week ago, MEC Morweng also launched a Mobile Alcohol Evidence Centre. The state-of-the-art facility was donated by the South African Breweries (SAB) and will expedite detection and processing analysis of drunk driving incidents on the Provincial roads.
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