RTI beefs up Town Hill to Cato Ridge surveillance
Road Traffic Inspectorate officers will be on 24-hour standby from Town Hill to Cato Ridge monitoring the route infamous for road carnage.
Recently, a video went viral of a truck flying through traffic with what appeared to be smoking brakes down the hill at high speed before crashing into some cars.
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The RTI's Zinhle Mngomezulu says incidents such as this one have led them to ensure they keep an eye on the roads.
However, she says this needs to be a shared responsibility with drivers.
"Throughout the country, drivers must take the responsibility to ensure that they are saving lives because that is the only strategy that we think will work."
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"Even if you have law enforcement in a particular area, it means if you don't have the kind of law enforcement in other areas, drivers will do as they will. That is totally unacceptable."
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