Woman charged for driving drunk on the wrong side of the busy R300

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A woman who drove on the wrong side of the R300, causing a multi-car collision at the Bottelary offramp yesterday, has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol as well as reckless and negligent driving.

She ignored traffic officers’ requests to pull over and eventually collided with three other vehicles.The driver initially claimed she could not remember what happened, but a field sobriety test revealed she was over three times the legal alcohol limit.

‘She was transported to Kuils River SAPS for processing on charges of driving under the influence, as well as reckless and negligent driving,’ the City said. Three lanes were impacted, causing traffic congestion at 4pm.At the weekend, 58 motorists were arrested for drunk driving. ‘Drunk driving arrests doubled week on week, and again, we had well over 50 000 traffic transgressions recorded,’ said safety and security Mayco member JP Smith.

‘Speeding, or driving impaired is fine, until you crash and hurt yourself, or even worse, someone else,’ he said.

 

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