Anyone seen how well emergency lane abuse was enforced by Gauteng Traffic on the Ben Schoeman (before Olifantsfontein) this morning? This is how it should be done. Message on electronic sign warning motorists and then cops standing under the sign pulling offenders off that ignored the warning. Good stuff!
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GougedEye
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Agreed. They should arrest everyone every day. But seeing as the prosecutors couldn't be bothered backing up the cops (as is so often the case), I think we will go back to the status quo. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Traffic law.
stoke
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Well, they're arresting every day now. Lets see how long this drive lasts.
feo
Honorary Master
Nice pun.
Hahahaahahahahaha I got the funnies email this morning:
Statistics show that 20% of all accidents are caused by drunk drivers, that means sober people cause 80% of all accidents. So please, can you sober people stay of the road so us drunk people can get home safetly
Statistics show that 20% of all accidents are caused by drunk drivers, that means sober people cause 80% of all accidents. So please, can you sober people stay of the road so us drunk people can get home safetly
GougedEye
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GougedEye
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If you say so. More likely News24 reporters need to brush up on the accuracy of what they print. The cases never went to court. Hence they were not thrown out of court. The implication of being thrown out of court is that there was no case to answer. i.e no evidence of a crime being committed etc. Prosecutors declinging to prosecute is something else entirely.
And if they decide to not prosecute because they think there is no case? Is that (more or less) the same as being thrown out, without actually being in the court itself?
Ok. So it was thrown out, but not out of court, just scrapped from the roll, so to speak (if the term is correct)?
Albereth
Honorary Master
This is the uniform of the JMPD:blue shirts, brown trousers, black leather boots and baseball caps sporting a JMPD badge.
Interestingly, if the officer is not in uniform you are not compelled to stop. This includes the hat. Your decision on how you'll use this - no hat, just drive on. Of course they'll make a huge noise about failing to obey instructions etc. etc. and off you'll go to court. You'll still end up with the talking on cell phone fine (or whatever your offence was) but the rest will be thrown out.
I, as a matter of principle ask anyone who asks me for my driver's license to show me their id document. Just smile and ask for it - it usually means that they have to go get it from their car or whatever.
This may sound silly or childish but in as much as they want me to behave responsibly on a road by being draconian, I want them to act like grown ups too and comply with the laws and regulations. Can you imagine if we had some drunken person who had just crashed into a crowd of school kids get off on a technicality because the person executing an arrest wasn't entitled to do so because they didn't have a cap on their bonce
Interestingly, if the officer is not in uniform you are not compelled to stop. This includes the hat. Your decision on how you'll use this - no hat, just drive on. Of course they'll make a huge noise about failing to obey instructions etc. etc. and off you'll go to court. You'll still end up with the talking on cell phone fine (or whatever your offence was) but the rest will be thrown out.
I, as a matter of principle ask anyone who asks me for my driver's license to show me their id document. Just smile and ask for it - it usually means that they have to go get it from their car or whatever.
This may sound silly or childish but in as much as they want me to behave responsibly on a road by being draconian, I want them to act like grown ups too and comply with the laws and regulations. Can you imagine if we had some drunken person who had just crashed into a crowd of school kids get off on a technicality because the person executing an arrest wasn't entitled to do so because they didn't have a cap on their bonce
Albereth, I assume you will test out your theory and let us know how it went?
ARREST
Taking someone into custody
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The right to arrest someone depends on a number of factors, such as who is making the arrest and the reason the accused is being taken into custody.
http://www.legalcity.net/Index.cfm?fuseaction=RIGHTS.article&Index=A&ArticleID=3904683&Page=4
There is nothing here refering to the way the arresting officer is dressed, however failing to pullover for a unmarked vechile or a officer in civies is understandable in todays climate. However in that case I would suggest you hightale it to the nearest marked police vechile or station and tell them your story.
ARREST
Taking someone into custody
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The right to arrest someone depends on a number of factors, such as who is making the arrest and the reason the accused is being taken into custody.
http://www.legalcity.net/Index.cfm?fuseaction=RIGHTS.article&Index=A&ArticleID=3904683&Page=4
There is nothing here refering to the way the arresting officer is dressed, however failing to pullover for a unmarked vechile or a officer in civies is understandable in todays climate. However in that case I would suggest you hightale it to the nearest marked police vechile or station and tell them your story.
Highflyer_GP
Honorary Master
Holding cell, not prison. They are two very different things. And they don't lock you up with hardened criminals. Whoever is with you in the cell can't really do much because the officers stand right outside the cell.