Serious consequences for reckless driving

The biggest speeding fine ever given is $1,000,000 (R8,849,730.48) to a guy in Switzerland who was doing 180mph. There, the penalties are based on the speed and the driver's salary.

In South Africa, a conviction for reckless driving can be a fine of R24000 or imprisonment of up to six years, or both can be imposed. Also your driving licence may be endorsed, cancelled, or suspended. Although speeding doesn't necessarily amount to reckless driving, it may be punishable if related to other factors, like a motorist who drives at a speed of 130km/h in a narrow, busy street used by many pedestrians in town, would be guilty of reckless driving.

Motorists have been convicted of reckless driving because they: 

• Cut in too soon after overtaking.

• Drove round a blind corner on the wrong side of the road.

• Overtook on the crest of a hill.

• Drove at speed too close to a group of children.

• Followed another vehicle too closely.
  

Joburgers are warned, especially in this festive season as the Gauteng Provincial Traffic Department's High-Speed Unit now has new, state-of-the-art vehicles to combat reckless driving on Gauteng's roads. The department has taken delivery of 12 Golf 6 GTIs, saying it will be monitoring the roads alongside the Gauteng Traffic Police.

If you see a car being recklessly driven, note the vehicle's registration number and report the incident to the police. The more evidence there is, the more likely the police are to act against the driver.



Source:www.legalcity.net/eNCA