New speeding traps to track speeding drivers, called Moving Violation Recorders (MVR), won’t be fooled by a little deceleration.
At least six new speed cameras have recently been installed to clamp down on illegal street racers and drivers breaking the law.
Speed camera “capture errors” have been causing motorists to be incorrectly charged with infringements and criminal offences they didn’t commit.
I’m sure traffic officers in this country have heard just about every excuse under the sun, and this weekend was no different.
When the Kyalami sword fight video started doing the rounds, a number of people pointed out the prevalence of BMWs on show. Add this incident into the mix.
Have you ever received a speeding fine when you weren’t speeding? Here’s what you can do about it.
Nobody likes to receive a speeding fine, but it’s even more infuriating when the entire fine is complete bollocks.
It isn’t every day you read a story about a traffic officer refusing a bribe, and perhaps there is a lesson to be learnt from this example.
We all hate forking over our hard-earned cash for things like speeding fines, which is why it pays to know what rights you have when caught.
Radio presenter Gareth Cliff was arrested last night after caught driving at 182km/h. He did not spend the night in jail, and is scheduled to appear in court today. Cliff had an interview on his own radio show this morning – hear it after the jump!
If you’ve been nailed recently for speeding, in light of the Department of Transport’s drive to crack down hard on road traffic violations, you may want to spare a thought for Brian Ely, a 32-year old accountant from Johannesburg. Brian has just been fined R44 000 for travelling at 206km/h in a 120km/h zone on his motorbike. Very dangerous. The speed and the fine.
So hey, it turns out that on top of everything else, Hitler got slapped with a speeding fine south of Ingolstadt for going twice the speed limit in his Mercedes limousine. This was about two years before becoming Fuhrer, though, so Adolf got his chauffeur to take the heat to keep from spoiling his image.
The image you see here is a familiar sight, I have no doubt. You usually bow your head when the envelope arrives in the post, open it slowly and immediately your eyes dart to the value of the fine. Once that is done, there is hopefully a photograph taken at the scene of the crime, with you in the car as you drove over the speed trap. But what if it wasn’t you? What if it was no-one?