One of the drivers arrested by the RTI for alleged drunk driving in Newcastle in operations that took place last night and early on Sunday.
Image: KZN Department of Transport / Facebook
More than two thousand motorists were charged with various traffic violations over the Easter weekend in KwaZulu-Natal.
Motorists were caught for drinking and driving, speeding and for driving without a licence among other issues according to the KZN Transport MEC Siboniso Duma.
According to stats released by Duma on Sunday, the Road Traffic Inspectorate, along with other units, stopped 16 183 vehicles in the period between Thursday, April 2 and Saturday, April 4 in operations across the various municipalities in the province.
The RTI are working with municipal traffic police, officers from the National Traffic department as well as SAPS and Home Affairs's Immigration Unit under the #NenzaniLaEzweni operation which kicked off last year to enhance road traffic enforcements.
The department provided the following stats:
● Cars stopped and searched - 16 183
● Motorists charged for traffic violations - 2582
● Vehicles suspended from our road networks 150
● Motorists charged for drunk driving - 270 plus 67 arrested in Umhlanga and Durban North on the 28 and 29th March - making the total 337.
● Motorists with no drivers license 167
● Unlicensed vehicles 158
● Cars impounded with no permits 188
In one incident shared by the department, a wedding set to take place on Sunday had to be postponed after the groom and his father were arrested for alleged drunk driving in Newcastle.
In another incident a property manager was caught for allegedly exceeding a speed limit and clocking 206 km/h in a 120 km/h zone on the N3 toward Mariannhill.
According to the department when he was stopped he tried to offer a rent-free flat in return for his freedom just after being intercepted by the RTI Team from Pinetown.
The department said the offer was rejected and he was processed according to the law.
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