Rentse
Khiba
21
September 2015
Western Cape Traffic Authorities
conducted 24 roadblocks across the province this past weekend, whereby 2 506
vehicles were stopped and checked.
1 341 drivers were tested
for alcohol which resulted in 25 drunken drivers being arrested.
Provincial Traffic Chief Kenny
Africa said the total amount of fines amounted to R463 150 and 925 drivers were
prosecuted for exceeding speed limits.
The highest speeds recorded were
163 km in a 120km/h zone, 172km in a 100 km/h zone and lastly 100km in an
80km/h zone.
Meanwhile also during the
roadblocks 15 fatalities were recorded on the provinces roads over the
weekend.
Provincial Traffic Chief Kenny
Africa said a head on collision between two vehicles left two people dead in
Mossel Bay.
Africa explained that three
pedestrians were killed in separate instances across the Western Cape, one in
Bellville, one in Mitchells Plain and one in Observatory.
Among the list of fatalities are
one person in Saldanha Bay and one person in Vredenburg Africa concluded
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