Motorists warned of 'rock-throwing robbers'
Updated | By Nathan Daniels
The Automobile Association (AA) is urging motorists to be vigilant amid an increase in people throwing rocks off bridges onto oncoming traffic.

Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal are the worst affected.
In the latest incident, a woman's vehicle was hit along the N12 near the Golden Highway in Johannesburg on Friday morning.
The Automobile Association's (AA) Layton Beard has warned motorists to avoid driving on roads where rock throwing is a common occurrence.
Durban: A male age 26 has been taken to hospital after a rock was thrown off a bridge and impacted his car on the N2, Tongaat.@ECR_Newswatch @FatalMoves @northglennews @_ArriveAlive @TheMercurySA @WitnessKZN @TimesLIVE @TheStar_news @Beeld_Nuus @City_Press @SABCNewsOnline pic.twitter.com/oNeM5A0ydB
— Netcare911 (@Netcare911_sa) January 6, 2018
Police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo says rock throwing is extremely difficult to police due to the random nature of the crime.
Naidoo has urged motorists to keep driving should their vehicle be hit by a rock.
@gpdrt @GP_CommSafety @GautengProvince Despite Law enforcement presence along the N12 yet another opportunistic criminal stone throwing incident from the embankment +-07:30am Fri 2018011 next to Freedom Park, btwn Golden Highway and N1
— GTP_Traffstats (@GTP_Traffstats) January 12, 2018
Fortunately No injuries #Fence/WallsNeeded pic.twitter.com/WevfjtkjGK
"If they are able to drive, to drive away cautiously and go to the next stop. It might be a service stop or police station. Criminals try and get motorists to stop and rob them, if motorists can proceed to drive away from that scene it will help prevent them become further victims of crime."
Naidoo denies that this type of crime is on the increase.
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