City clamps down on drag racers
By Sasha Forbes
24 April 2009
City Traffic Services pounced on dragsters in yet another successful effort to rid the streets of Cape Town of street racing, on Friday and Saturday evening.
“Eighteen of our officers issued a number of fines which includes 39 unlicensed drivers, 27 number plates, 10 for driving without safety belts, 21 with smooth tyres, 24 illegal lights fitted to the vehicles and 33 other offences were recorded, said Traffic Service’s Merle Lourens
“By-standers stoned a motorist who started wheel-spinning in the parking area, clearly in disagreement with his actions. He then sped away. Traffic Officers pursued the vehicle and forced it to stop at the corner of Klipfontein Road and Vanguard Drive, where the driver tried to flee. He was apprehended and arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and for reckless and negligent driving,” said Lourens.
“There were also twenty-three vehicles were also suspended from use as they were found to have been modified to an extent that it is dangerous to operate them on a public road” said Lourens
24 April 2009
City Traffic Services pounced on dragsters in yet another successful effort to rid the streets of Cape Town of street racing, on Friday and Saturday evening.
“Eighteen of our officers issued a number of fines which includes 39 unlicensed drivers, 27 number plates, 10 for driving without safety belts, 21 with smooth tyres, 24 illegal lights fitted to the vehicles and 33 other offences were recorded, said Traffic Service’s Merle Lourens
“By-standers stoned a motorist who started wheel-spinning in the parking area, clearly in disagreement with his actions. He then sped away. Traffic Officers pursued the vehicle and forced it to stop at the corner of Klipfontein Road and Vanguard Drive, where the driver tried to flee. He was apprehended and arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and for reckless and negligent driving,” said Lourens.
“There were also twenty-three vehicles were also suspended from use as they were found to have been modified to an extent that it is dangerous to operate them on a public road” said Lourens
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