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Council, police use hi-tech system to pick cars owing fines
23 Jan 2014 at 06:48hrs | Views
THE BULAWAYO City Council and police have launched a blitz targeting motorists with outstanding tickets for various traffic offences using a newly computerised system to bust offenders.
Council traffic officers and the police on Tuesday mounted a roadblock on Luveve Road next to Mzilikazi armed with hi-tech traffic monitoring systems that can scan cars. They targeted motorists with outstanding fines.
The technology recognises number plates and points out all those owing fines.
Motorists with outstanding fines had their vehicles clamped and towed away if they failed to pay on the spot.
Dozens of frustrated commuters could be seen desperately flagging down lifts after being ejected from kombis caught in the blitz.
Fines for traffic offences include failing to display parking discs in a disc zone and picking or dropping passengers at undesignated areas.
The fines range from $4 to $40. Police also fine commuters $5 for boarding kombis at undesignated pick-up points as a way of curbing lawlessness.
Council assistant public relations officer Bongiwe Ngwenya said the joint crackdown by council traffic officials and the police was a routine operation that would continue for as long as motorists did not pay traffic fines.
Council traffic officers and the police on Tuesday mounted a roadblock on Luveve Road next to Mzilikazi armed with hi-tech traffic monitoring systems that can scan cars. They targeted motorists with outstanding fines.
The technology recognises number plates and points out all those owing fines.
Motorists with outstanding fines had their vehicles clamped and towed away if they failed to pay on the spot.
Dozens of frustrated commuters could be seen desperately flagging down lifts after being ejected from kombis caught in the blitz.
Fines for traffic offences include failing to display parking discs in a disc zone and picking or dropping passengers at undesignated areas.
The fines range from $4 to $40. Police also fine commuters $5 for boarding kombis at undesignated pick-up points as a way of curbing lawlessness.
Council assistant public relations officer Bongiwe Ngwenya said the joint crackdown by council traffic officials and the police was a routine operation that would continue for as long as motorists did not pay traffic fines.
Source - southerneye
