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Vehicles without number plates to be possibly impounded – minister
There is a chance if your vehicle does not carry a number plate then it could be impounded.
This is according to Transport Minister Dipuo Peters during the release of the preliminary report on the Easter weekend traffic on Tuesday, March 29.
“We are so perturbed to notice a new phenomenon and a very disturbing tendency for some motorists who drive and use vehicles without registration numbers,” said the Minister.
“This is a deliberate ploy to avoid detection for traffic violations and to undermine our law enforcement
efforts.”
She said law enforcement officers will be instructed to impound vehicles where necessary.
“Individuals found perpetrating this particular offense should not be allowed to get away with a traffic fine only. The vehicle must be impounded and the owner forced to make alternative transport arrangements.”
Regarding the Easter weekend (the report entails figures from Thursday, March 24 to Monday, March 28), 156 fatalities on the roads this year were recorded compared to 287 fatalities for the same period last year.
This represents a welcomed 46 per cent decline.
During this time, there were the successful arrests of 913 for drunken driving and 502 who were caught speeding.
The highest speed recorded was in KZN with a motorist travelling at 227 km/hour whilst in Gauteng the recorded speed was206 km/hour.
In the built up area, the highest speed recorded was 173 km/hour, and the suspect was detained in Langlaagte.
The Minister said the decline in fatalities was achieved in spite of an increase in the number of registered vehicles in the country by three per cent. The total number of registered vehicles in February, 2016 stood at 11.7 million.
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