Metro Police warn of spikes and rubble used on highways to attack motorists

[Jan]

Beware these new hijacking trends on South Africa's highways

The City of Cape Town and Gauteng Traffic Police have warned of dangerous new tactics that criminals use on freeways in South Africa.

City of Cape Town's mayoral committee member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith, recently reported that Metro Police officers remove loads of rubble from major highways every evening.

The rubble includes bricks and blocks of concrete is placed in the road to disable vehicles or get motorists to stop, making them vulnerable to criminals.

"It has become a near-nightly occurrence for Metro Police officers to remove rubble from the N2 in addition to their regular patrols," Smith said

 

[ForceFate]

I also have a story to tell, but mine happened many years ago.

 

[TheChamp]

I also have a story to tell, but mine happened many years ago.

Rocks on the road? A friend wrote off his new Polo on the N12.

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

I also have a story to tell, but mine happened many years ago.

Fascinating.

 

[CTBP]

I also have a story to tell, but mine happened many years ago.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Beware these new hijacking trends on South Africa's highways

The City of Cape Town and Gauteng Traffic Police have warned of dangerous new tactics that criminals use on freeways in South Africa.

City of Cape Town's mayoral committee member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith, recently reported that Metro Police officers remove loads of rubble from major highways every evening.

The rubble includes bricks and blocks of concrete is placed in the road to disable vehicles or get motorists to stop, making them vulnerable to criminals.

"It has become a near-nightly occurrence for Metro Police officers to remove rubble from the N2 in addition to their regular patrols," Smith said

Who TF drives on the N2 in CT at night....then you are looking for kak.

 

[Vuilhaas]

A similar thing happened to me in 2013. I was driving to work on the N1 Western bypass at around 6:30am. As I went under a bridge, my windshield was struck by either a metal rod or a very large bolt. It absolutely exploded the windshield and showered the interior in glass. The car was brand new with around 500km.

I nearly pooed myself but didn't stop or swerve or anything. There were no other cars in front of me so I presume it was shot from someone under the bridge or on the bridge.

 

[KantSnyer]

DDAD, Don't Drive After Dark

 

[Juice]

Seems like our curfews are working really well...

 

[ForceFate]

Rocks on the road? A friend wrote off his new Polo on the N12.

A large piece of metal on the N4. Ended up with a R37k repair bill. There were 3 guys in a Golf a few 10s of metres from where object was. One of them had a gun on him.

Edit: As I was sitting in the car contemplating my options, I saw them approaching. I quickly dismantled the phone and hid it together with my bank card. I then got out to meet them and place a triangle on the road. First thing I pleased poverty and asked if I could use their phone. They were quite helpful actually. The one with a gun was visibly irritated and went to sit in their car. Temperature than night was about -8 deg on my dash...

 

[RaptorSA]

Wow those safety tips are mostly useless unless you happen to be close to a petrol station.
Bottomline: you're in deep k@k and you're probably better off running your nuts off.

Brandishing a moerse shiny hand cannon is probably your best and only real hope... the one thing they're trying to take away from you now.

Also, this article seems to imply that sometimes a cop would stop to try and assist you... does anyone actually have a story of that ever happening?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

DDAD, Don't Drive After Dark

Agree
That's my drinking time

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

DDAD, Don't Drive After Dark

Wait
After Dark?
So not when it is dark, but afterwards?
Does that mean After Dark = Daylight?

 

[LJR]

Fascinating.

 

[KantSnyer]

Wait
After Dark?
So not when it is dark, but afterwards?
Does that mean After Dark = Daylight?

"If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun."

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

"If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun."

So night time is after dark? I thought after means later, damn this English language is confusing, no wonder I failed school

 

[ForceFate]

DDAD, Don't Drive After Dark

Sometimes you can't avoid it.

 

[ghostRgg]

Also, this article seems to imply that sometimes a cop would stop to try and assist you... does anyone actually have a story of that ever happening?

Oh **** no.

If you car gets hit by a brick and there is a cop just ahead, what are the chances it's actually a cop?

If it is, what are the chances it's a good cop?

 

[Mystic Twilight]

So night time is after dark? I thought after means later, damn this English language is confusing, no wonder I failed school

Just decolonize your language and aim for 30%, problem solved.

 

[RaptorSA]

Oh **** no.

If you car gets hit by a brick and there is a cop just ahead, what are the chances it's actually a cop?

If it is, what are the chances it's a good cop?

The only time I've ever seen Metro Cops moving at a rapid pace was when I got T-boned hard at a stop street by a car full of drunk tsotsi's. Cops were on the corner, front-row view to the whole thing.

They got in their car at lightning speed and sped away, never saw someone so scared at the idea of actually doing work.