A 77-year-old man is to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s court on Monday after Metro police issued him with 118 warrants of arrest at a weekend roadblock.
Metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the warrants were linked to unpaid traffic fines to the value of R64 300.
He said a company’s fleet of vehicles is registered as a proxy in the name of the 77-year-old man.
Minnaar said 136 other motorists were arrested at weekend roadblocks, 70 of whom were taxi drivers.
About 500 summonses were issued, using equipment that printed out warrants that drivers had to sign at the roadside, and were then requested to pay their fines in full.
”Metro Police will continue in their quest to get people to pay traffic fines as we strive to get the motoring public to obey the rules of the road,” said Minnaar. – Sapa