According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), over 190,000 traffic fines have been issued since the first of December.
These fines are separate from the 4,400 drivers that have also been arrested for other traffic violations.
RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane spoke to Newzroom Afrika, telling them that the major traffic violence had taken place in provinces with the highest number of visitors, which includes the Western Cape.
“There has also been drunk driving and speeding, including people who were driving without a drivers’ licence. There have been a large number of cases where motorists were driving vehicles without proper permits that are required,” Zwane said.
“Drivers were taking passengers and driving them into routes that they were not permitted to and we have made huge arrests on those, in some cases we impounded certain cars for violating permit regulations.”
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Zwane also explained that there were a large number of arrests linked to drivers who had failed to pay previous traffic fines.
“There will be a follow-up and roadblocks are still going to take place throughout the country and the whole year because the campaigns we are doing are not only meant for the festive season,” he explained.
With most people back at work this week, Zwane said that it is likely there will be lower volumes of traffic.
“I think today will be the last traffic peak because we have seen the first wave of people coming back on the December 27 and on Monday there was another peak,” he said on Tuesday.
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