Sharp traffic officers foil truck hijacking in progress

[schumi]

Alert members of the national traffic police thwarted the hijacking and robbery of a truck in Tshwane, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).

The traffic officers were on duty on the N1, R21 and N4 freeways on Monday when they spotted a white truck suspected of being overloaded, said spokesperson Simon Zwane.

The officers stopped the truck travelling on the N1 and instructed the driver to proceed to the Donkerhoek weighbridge. However, the driver reacted by jumping out of the truck, running over the highway and entering an unknown red vehicle that sped off.

When they inspected the truck, the officers discovered a signal jammer inside the vehicle.

More at: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...ic-officers-foil-truck-hijacking-in-progress/

 

[ForceFate]

Aren't there cameras in that area?

 

[supersunbird]

Aren't there cameras in that area?

Yes, and?

 

[Budza]

I guess they didn't catch the okes or the driver of the red car?

Meh.

 

[ForceFate]

Yes, and?

Some thugs are dumb enough to use their cars and not use fake reg numbers

 

[supersunbird]

Some thugs are dumb enough to use their cars and not use fake reg numbers

The cameras are pan+tilt+zoom, they might not have been pointed at the cars direction, never mind zoomed in on the car to see reg (I am no expert, I just look at my surroundings, aka see what type of cameras are on the poles and make a deduction). E-Toll cameras would be a better bet, depending on where truck and car came from. For example., if at Flying saucer interchange, it would have passed under an e-toll gantry for sure, at Proefplaas interchange, not so much.

 

[ForceFate]

The cameras are pan+tilt+zoom, they might not have been pointed at the cars direction, never mind zoomed in on the car to see reg.

My question raises one of many options they have to apprehend the thugs. Of course I understand the cam may have been tilted a certain direction away from traffic. But then again, it may have been facing the road. I'm no forensic specialist/crime intel person so I'll leave it to them to weave their magic.