Joburg motorist clocked at 189km/h on New Year’s Day
The high-speed unit of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) arrested a total of seven (7) motorists for speeding on New Year's Day.
"This included one incident where a motorist was driving at a speed of 189km/h in a 120km/h zone," says spokesperson, Xolani Fihla.
On New Year’s Day the JMPD high-speed unit recorded over 6000 cases of high speeding.
"Of these, 2,816 were in Johannesburg inner city, 771 in Roodepoort and 2,725 were in the Sandton precinct,” said Fihla.
All the suspects that were arrested were detained at the Lenasia South SAPS and later released on R1500 bail.
The suspects are due to appear at Lenasia Court on different dates.
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