The motorist who was arrested for clocking 200km/h on a 120 speeding zone was fined R15 000 or 12 months imprisonment wholly suspended for 5 years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence, the Brits Magistrates court in the North West Province ruled on Monday.
Twenty-two year old Farneed Mahomed who had had been out on R1000 bail since 3 January 2012 was allegedly driving a BMW 330i when he clocked the speed camera that was set up by members of the North West Provincial Road Traffic management Unit on the N4 Bakwena Platinum Highway near the Bapong Traffic Control Centre at around 4:10pm on New Year Day.
Mahomed who is said to be a student at a tertiary institution was driving from Sun City to Laudium with his girlfriend and another couple at the time of the alleged offence.
In reaction, North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety & Liaison, Ms Desbo Mohono said that only harsher sentences that include suspension and or endorsement of driver’s licenses would serve as a deterrent to other motorists because far too many lives are lost on public roads due to speeding.
MEC Mohono vowed that provincial road traffic management authorities would sustain the onslaught against lawlessness on public roads as part of its effort to intensify implementation of the 2011/20 Decade of Action for Road Safety programme.
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Speedster's fine and or imprisonment suspended for 5 years
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