The case against a motorist arrested for driving 211kilometers per hour (km/h) on a 120km/h speeding zone was on Wednesday reminded to 16 March 2011 in the Matlosana Traffic Court in Klerksdorp.
The alleged speeding offence occurred on the N12 between Stilfontein and Klerksdorp on Saturday 20 February 2011.
The suspect in the case, a 33 year old sales representative, Khaphutshelo Nephumbada allegedly nearly knocked down a Provincial Road Traffic Management traffic officer who tried to stop him at around 4:10 pm after the speed camera had clocked that he was driving 91 kilometers over the permissible speed.
Unfortunate for Nephumbada, the vigilant officer had memorised his number plate before jumping into his City Golf to give chase. The officer couldn’t keep pace with the speeding BMW and later managed to trace the vehicle to Amalgamated Beverages Industries-Coca Cola in Klerksdorp.
Nephumbada purportedly handed himself to the police in the evening after attempting through a third party to “talk the matter over” with the traffic officer.
In condemning the alleged speeding, North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison, Ms Desbo Mohono said that chance takers are accident makers that put the lives of other road users at risk.
MEC Mohono commends the traffic officer who made the arrest and hopes that the court will met out an appropriate sentence that will send out a clear message that public roads are not race tracks.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele
(Departmental Spokesperson)
Tel: 018 381 9171
Cell: 083 629 1987
Fax: 018 381 9123
E-mail: LKgwele@nwpg.gov.za
Case against 211 km/h North West speedster postponed
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