Speeding In Joburg - Government Official Caught

[IamCanadian]

228 km's per hour.

Nice autobahn you have there in SA.

fastest travelling motorist in Johannesburg to be caught by police

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw116453646225B265

 

[Daniedj]

I'm sure that he was on his way to a very important official meeting.

You should see the way the KZN King or staff travels from Ulundi to Durbs!

 

[bwana]

The official was the fastest travelling motorist in Johannesburg to be caught by police.

I guess if you're travelling at 229km/h you're safe.

More importantly though it is encouraging to see that being a government official doesnt mean the guy was above the law.

Kudos copper.

 

[kingmonty]

Personally this just gets my blood boiling. I've lost family and friends thanks to speeding motorists, and this is just yet again another example of the typical South African idiot.

Strange little thing about South Africans: they disobey the little laws all the time, yet complain about crime. The weird thing is, the various societies in the world are for the most part actually quite law obeying, except our standard dumbass South African motorists. Crime is not limited to violence, but breeds from lawlessness.

 

[TELESPHORE]

Nail this person to the wall. It is totally unacceptable to be driving at that speed unless you have an emergency. Anyway it is for the courts to decide if you had an emergency.
What kind of vehicle did the dude have to get that kind of speed? That is more than a Impala jet requires to take off.

 

[supersunbird]

Just a small thing, law and crime isn't necessarily linked. Apartheid was a law, but also a crime against humanity at the same time...

But yeah, good that he was caught.

 

[supersunbird]

What kind of vehicle did the dude have to get that kind of speed? That is more than a Impala jet requires to take off.

Mercedes-Benz SLK55

 

[TELESPHORE]

Ego boosting car. My D*** is bigger than yours it seems. How pathetic it is. This is a person in public service being flashy. Must take about 1/3 of the person’s salary to be able afford this sort of vehicle. Taking tax into consideration the dude is short by quite a few at the end of the month. Wonder what else the dude is guilty of? I earn much more than a DG and cannot afford that kind of vehicle.

 

[TELESPHORE]

Thinking about it, the government employees get their vehicles before all kinds of tax. No import tax etc.

 

[TonyA]

Not True, they pay tax the same as us, mindblowing that he can afford RM 1.5 on a car, must earn about Rm 5 pa. Awful lot for a civil servant!

 

[TELESPHORE]

Not True, they pay tax the same as us, mindblowing that he can afford RM 1.5 on a car, must earn about Rm 5 pa. Awful lot for a civil servant!

No. The vehicles bought by Government officials on a motor scheme do not pay the import (ad valorum) taxes.

 

[TonyA]

Not True they pay the same. They can buy on a state tender if in the right bracket but otherwise pay all taxes. Eg can buy a Golf CTI for 218 on state contract. Only time do not pay ad tax is if bought overseas whilst on official duty and kept for 18 months on return

 

[TELESPHORE]

Not True they pay the same. They can buy on a state tender if in the right bracket but otherwise pay all taxes. Eg can buy a Golf CTI for 218 on state contract. Only time do not pay ad tax is if bought overseas whilst on official duty and kept for 18 months on return

Note the state tender. So how can a DG afford that kind of vehicle – Big discount already had a chief whip in prison.

 

[bdt]

Strange little thing about South Africans: they disobey the little laws all the time, yet complain about crime. The weird thing is, the various societies in the world are for the most part actually quite law obeying, except our standard dumbass South African motorists. Crime is not limited to violence, but breeds from lawlessness.

Yes, we DO have a motoring public that has scant regard for the law - and that includes everyone from the (minibus) taxi drivers to Joe and Jane Public. But ask yourself WHY we have so little respect, specifically as applies to road use ..I mean, it's not as if the traffic police department actually practise "law enforcement" on our roads: the general perception we, the motoring public, have of them amounts to little more than (all too crooked) government-sanctioned tax collectors.

And as long as they remain in this mode; and let's face it, their entire economy is built around fining, specially around unnecessary/inappropriate speed trapping; this won't get any better (this is notwithstanding the actual law enforcement work that, somehow, actually/accidently gets to happen)

 

[Turbo_Aspiration]

mindblowing that he can afford RM 1.5 on a car

Not sure if i correctly understand what you mean.. but a SLK55 is listed as R 685,000

 

[Paul_S]

And as long as they remain in this mode; and let's face it, their entire economy is built around fining, specially around unnecessary/inappropriate speed trapping; this won't get any better (this is notwithstanding the actual law enforcement work that, somehow, actually/accidently gets to happen)

What would happen if everyone started driving the speed limits?
Would the traffic departments have a financial crisis and need to lay off surplus staff?

 

[bdt]

What would happen if everyone started driving the speed limits?
Would the traffic departments have a financial crisis and need to lay off surplus staff?

Who can say ..*both* of those things you mention are so far in the realm of fantasy it's impossible to tell!

 

[Gunny]

What would happen if everyone started driving the speed limits?
Would the traffic departments have a financial crisis and need to lay off surplus staff?

No they will have to actually enforce traffic law like they do in other countrys and not sit on the side of the road napping while a camera does there job for them.
I think the roads will be safer if they attend to moving violations (not stopping at stop signs or pedestrian crossings, running red lights. driving in the yellow lane overtaking were it is dangerous to do so eg. over solid lines and checking for unroadworthy cars).

 

[bdt]

No they will have to actually enforce traffic law like they do in other countrys and not sit on the side of the road napping while a camera does there job for them.

That would mean *gasp.shock.horror* "work" ..something to which they're wildly allergic.

I think the roads will be safer if they attend to moving violations (not stopping at stop signs or pedestrian crossings, running red lights. driving in the yellow lane overtaking were it is dangerous to do so eg. over solid lines and checking for unroadworthy cars).

Sure, and safer roads would likely even lead to fewer fatalaties (vehicular and Shank's Pony alike), great for the citizenry and economy all round and all that ..but still a problem for them without that luvverly river of cash they scam from us now.

 

[Gunny]

Well if everyone would stop speeding the river would dry up but ppl seem to like throwing money at them. I dnt so I dnt really speed got 1 this year for doing 80 in a 60 zone but I'm contesting it as it was badly signed the speed sign was behind some branches have pics to support so we'll see what happens.