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Speedster gets friend to speed
12/11/2006 14:04 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Ekurhuleni metro police have arrested 11 motorists for speeding in operations in Brakpan and Germiston over the weekend.
In one instance, a driver caught doing 148km/h in Brakpan was on his way to bail out a friend trapped earlier at 146km/h in an 80km/h zone, said spokesperson Jimmy Maboko.
The Brakpan operation took place between 19:00 and midnight on Friday on the R23 old Heidelberg Road, he said, adding: "We had six motorists arrested for speeding."
The 24-year-old driver of a Volkswagen Golf registered doing 142km/h could not explain why he was speeding, but the 23-year-old motorist behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Fox doing 145km/h claimed he had a sick child at home, as did the 41-year-old driver of an Audi doing 148km/h.
While a 33-year-old BMW driver had no reason for driving 146km/h, a 30-year-old friend he called to bail him out was caught racing to help him at 148km/h in a Toyota Corolla.
A 41-year-old man in an Opel Corsa pulled over for travelling at 142km/h told metro police he had been on his way to visit his daughter, said Maboko.
He said all six were detained at the Brakpan Police Station where "whoever had the money" was given the option of paying a R1 000 fine.
Another five arrests were made in an operation conducted between midnight and 06:00 on Sunday on the N3 south and north at PPC Cement in Germiston - a 120km/h zone.
The 28-year-old, unlicenced driver of an Alfa Romeo was taken into custody for doing 183km/h, as a was a BMW driver caught doing the same speed while on his way to Durban.
He was rushing home to help his child, who had a cut finger, a 36-year-old man driving a Mercedes-Benz at 198km/h told metro police.
A motorist in a Renault was not only booked for speeding at 220km/h, but for driving drunk too, said Maboko.
Unlike the others, he would not be given the option of a fine, he said.
Maboko said all 11 would appear in court on Monday. He warned motorists that similar operations would continue.
- SAPA
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