{"id":223913,"date":"2019-11-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/223913\/woman-clocked-at-189km-h-in-germiston-during-speed-enforcement-operation\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T14:00:18","slug":"woman-clocked-at-189km-h-in-germiston-during-speed-enforcement-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/19\/woman-clocked-at-189km-h-in-germiston-during-speed-enforcement-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman clocked at 189km\/h in Germiston during speed enforcement operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

EMPD officers were out and about on the highways of Germiston and Boksburg last weekend.<\/p>\n

Speed enforcement operations were conducted on the N12 highway west near the Atlas Road off-ramp, in Boksburg, last Saturday between 5am and 9am.<\/p>

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The operation yielded two arrests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first arrest took place at 5.40am when a 43-year-old male driving a silver VW Polo ignored the 120km\/h speed limit regulatory sign and was clocked doing 172km\/h,\u201d said Kobeli Mokheseng, spokesperson for the EMPD.<\/p>

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\u201cHe furnished no reason for speeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next arrest was effected at 6.45am when a 21-year old male driver in a black BMW sedan with four passengers was stopped.<\/p>\n

He said they were returning from an 18th birthday celebration.<\/p>\n

Both drivers were arrested and taken to the Boksburg North Police Station.<\/p>\n

The officers then targeted speedsters on the N3 highway south near the Rand Airport Road off-ramp, last Sunday.<\/p>\n

The operation took place between 5am and 10am and three drivers were arrested for exceeding the speed limit.<\/p>\n

The highest speed clocked was 189km\/h at 5.58am.<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old woman driver, of a VW CC sedan, claimed she was rushing to pick up her child in Kibler Park.<\/p>\n

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The second driver nabbed was a 19-year-old male driving a maroon BMW X6.<\/p>\n

He was stopped at 7.40am doing 167km\/h and claimed he was returning from the airport after dropping off his aunt.<\/p>\n

The third arrest was a 34-year-old male driving a black Mercedes-Benz sedan.<\/p>\n

He was stopped and arrested for clocking 166km\/h, citing that he was rushing home from a gathering.<\/p>\n

The three were booked at the Germiston Police Station.<\/p>\n

Charges of reckless and negligent driving were laid against the five drivers.<\/p>\n

They are expected to appear in the Boksburg and Palm Ridge Magistrate\u2019s Courts soon.<\/p>\n

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