SA has a TikTok speed-cop

[Hanno Labuschagne]

SA has a TikTok speed-cop

Polokwane traffic officer Stephan Esterhuizen has amassed a following of over 87,000 subscribers after launching a TikTok account last year where he makes jokes and answers people’s questions about South Africa’s road laws.

Going by the callsign Victor 25, or “Oom Spietkop” (Uncle Speed-cop), Esterhuizen began by making reaction videos — called a “stitch” on TikTok — to answer questions he saw people asking on the platform.

Speaking to Rapport, Esterhuizen said he was introduced to the short video platform by his daughters, who sent him clips to watch via WhatsApp.

 

[RudderVator]

Oom Piet with a snorr description….
You just know if a guy stops you looking like that you are finished

 

[Nineteeneightysix]

Oom Piet with a snorr description….
You just know if a guy stops you looking like that you are finished

Reminds me of that Leon Schuster movie with the speedcop and his atchar stand

 

[6spdmanual]

One of the very few good things coming out of that platform.

 

[j4ck455]

Has anyone asked why traffic laws are not enforced in SA, and what was his answer?

 

[rietrot]

Has anyone asked why traffic laws are not enforced in SA, and what was his answer?

Need revenue, got to make the quota of fines for each day.

 

[FiestaST]

I dig his haircut. It is the type of cut I can set my watch to.

 

[Fulcrum29]

He is doing better than Cele and the president, and ol' Fikile Mbalula, at portraying the police in a good light.

Free PR, didn't even have to rely on the media.

 

[McGuywer]

Can someone ask him if you will get a ticket while driving with a expired drivers licence?

 

[j4ck455]

Need revenue, got to make the quota of fines for each day.

that seems to be an answer to the impossible: actual enforcement of traffic laws in SA.

My impression (perhaps incorrect) of what really happens in SA, is that the traffic cops threaten to issue a fine, and don't if you slip them some KFC money, the only quota there is how many KFC buckets they can gobble in a single day off bribes.

Someone please ask the TikTok cop why traffic cops couldn't be arsed to direct traffic at intersections when the traffic lights aren't working (this happens all the time in Joburg and surrounds). On numerous occasions there have been traffic cops parking off nearby (probably gobbling their KFC) and just enjoying the traffic mayhem.

 

[RonSwanson]

One of the very few good things coming out of that platform.

He provides an educational service, and has probably done more for road safety and road traffic law awarenesss than Fikile ever could.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

The good guys suffer, the bad guys flourish