JOHANNESBURG – The Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) said they launched their campaign of unroadworthy since March and 408 vehicles have been impounded throughout the city.
Some 341 of these vehicles were unlicensed and unregistered.
Mayor Herman Mashaba, JMPD chief David Tembe and MMC for Public Safety Michael Sun have been responding to the Alexandra Taxi Association’s decision to go on strike on Monday after 500 of their vehicles were impounded by the JMPD.
The taxi association feels it is a cracked on their industry only. However the mayor said the police must not sit back with their efforts to remove unroadworthy vehicles from the country’s roads.
This un-roadworthy vehicle was on the road just last week transporting children.
We struggled 2 open the door & the conditions inside were unsafe & unfit for public transportation let alone children#BuyaMthetho #JoburgRoadSafety @JMPDSafety @AsktheChiefJMPD @MichaelSun168 pic.twitter.com/b5PHUEv1sE
— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) June 26, 2018
Deputy chief said it is important for people to understand it is not just a campaign targeted at taxis and said the police receive numerous complaints about people breaking the law and unroadworthy cars.
He said, “The community had an outcry about vehicles facing oncoming traffic, vehicles that skip the red light and vehicles that don’t obey road markings.” He said he has yet receive complaints about the impounding of unroadworthy vehicles.
He added, “Those trucks, you see them outside, they are not roadworthy. These are the trucks that kill people on our roads.”
#BuyaMthetho will not stop, we not #BringingbacktheRulofLaw
Below 👇👇we are in one of the minibus taxi that transport our children to school
All we asking for us compliance and adherence to the rules of the road
The operation addresses all unroadworthy vehicles. pic.twitter.com/AMC4anyXnQ
— AsktheChiefJMPD (@AsktheChiefJMPD) June 26, 2018
The Executive Mayor Mr Herman Mashaba alluded to the Chief of Police that the #JMPD has his full support regarding #BuyaMthetho.
The Chief of Police said @JMPDSafety officers will leave no stone unturned & will ensure that there's minimum lawlessness within the @CityofJoburgZA pic.twitter.com/ZktJ1rmZiO
— Jo'burg Metro Police (@JMPDSafety) June 26, 2018
This is actually a scholar transport vehicle that have been impounded by @JMPDSafety because of the state of its road unworthiness- Last year @MichaelSun168 launched a scholar transport inspection operation and this is 1 of the vehicles that were taken #JoburgRoadSafety pic.twitter.com/9YGMo5ZVK7
— Joburg Public Safety (@CoJPublicSafety) June 26, 2018
Photo Credit- EWN
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