{"id":239172,"date":"2020-03-18T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/239172\/five-speeding-motorists-arrested-over-weekend\/"},"modified":"2020-03-19T07:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T05:56:02","slug":"five-speeding-motorists-arrested-over-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/18\/five-speeding-motorists-arrested-over-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Five speeding motorists arrested over weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five men were arrested between March 14 and 15 in the Germiston, Bedfordview and Alberton areas by EMPD Speed Enforcement Unit officers.<\/p>\n<p>They were charged with reckless and negligent driving.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In the Bedfordview area on the N3 highway north, between Gillooly\u2019s Interchange and the Linksfield Road off-ramp, officers targeted speedsters on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrested a 24-year-old driver of a Toyota sedan at 7am for clocking 182km\/h instead of 120km\/h.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He cited rushing to work as his reason for speeding.<\/p>\n<p>The second 31-year-old offender was stopped at 8.10am without any reason for speeding, driving a white Audi A5, was nabbed for doing 163km\/h on that stretch of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers were taken to Bedfordview Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at 10.20am in the Alberton area, the 33-year-old driver in a silver Toyota Corolla, who claimed that he was rushing home, was handcuffed for clocking 176km\/h instead of 120km\/h on the N12 highway east, between the Reading Interchange and Voortrekker Road off-ramp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/238711\/empd-targets-drunk-drivers-in-special-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPD targets drunk drivers in special operation<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/232111\/alleged-drug-peddler-caught-at-germiston-taxi-rank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alleged drug peddler caught at Germiston Taxi Rank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was escorted to Alberton Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>Then on March 15 in the Germiston area, on the N3 highway south, between the Geldenhuys Interchange and the Rand Airport off-ramp, two drivers, one in an LDV and the other a five-door sedan, were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers, aged 23 and 24 respectively, were both stopped for clocking 169km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested at 7.30am and 10.28am and taken to the Germiston Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>All five detained suspects are expected to appear 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