Carnage on Western Cape roads continues amid speeding, drunk driving crackdown | Cape Argus

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Drinking and driving and speeding remain the biggest culprits behind the carnage on our roads as the festiveseason death toll continues to climb. TheCapeArgus

Cape Town – Drinking and driving and speeding remain the biggest culprits behind the carnage on our roads as the death toll continues to climb.

Provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa said: “Since yesterday , we have arrested speedsters on the N1 between Laingsburg and Touws River, Three Sisters and Beaufort West and between Aberdeen and Beaufort West. “Two drivers were arrested in Laingsburg, one for driving at 170km/h in a 120km/h zone. Another was also arrested for doing 172km/h in a 120km/h zone.

“Also yesterday, we arrested three drivers between Three Sisters and Beaufort West, all three of them driving at 166km/h in a 120km/h zone,” he said.

 

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