Pretoria - A Gauteng motorist who was caught travelling at 216 km/h in a 120km/h zone has been given a whopping R40 000 fine and his driving licence has been suspended for six months.
Kavilyn Govender, 23, was sentenced in the Tongaat Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal last Friday.
He was arrested on 21 November 2010 on the N2 near the Tongaat River Bridge in KwaZulu-Natal while driving a Mazda RX8.
At Park Rynie on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, more than 220 motorists have been arrested for excessive speed and appeared in the Scottburgh Magistrate's Court from 1 January to 30 December 2010.
The highest speed recorded was 252km/h in a 120km/h zone and the driver was also over the legal alcohol limit.
From 1 October 2010 to 28 February 2011, more than 6.5 million vehicles and drivers have been checked, 2.6 million fines issued, more than 11 000 drunk drivers arrested and over 27 000 un-roadworthy vehicles discontinued.
On 10 September 2010, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele committed that, as of 1 October 2010, traffic law enforcement officers across the country will stop and check no less than one million vehicles and drivers every month, as part of South Africa's Make Roads Safe campaign and new National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP).
"As government, we are going all out to ensure that any person who commits any traffic offence faces the consequences of their actions ... Through the Make Roads Safe campaign and NREP, we are progressing well towards a unified ... traffic law enforcement in South Africa in order to make a meaningful impact on road crashes and deaths.
"This is in line with the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, to be officially launched world-wide during May 2011," said Ndebele.
