{"id":107821,"date":"2015-12-22T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T16:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=107821"},"modified":"2015-12-22T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T16:07:09","slug":"youll-be-arrested-on-the-spot-for-these-9-traffic-offences-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/107821\/youll-be-arrested-on-the-spot-for-these-9-traffic-offences-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ll be arrested on the spot for these 9 traffic offences this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has warned motorists they will be arrested on the spot for several traffic offences this festive season.<\/p>\n<p>CEO advocate Makhosini Msibi told journalists that traffic fines were not a strong enough deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>The offences that will result in immediate arrest are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driving without a licence;<\/li>\n<li>Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs;<\/li>\n<li>Failing to wear a seatbelt;<\/li>\n<li>Using an unroadworthy vehicle;<\/li>\n<li>Using an unregistered vehicle or having an expired licence disc;<\/li>\n<li>Exceeding the speed limit;<\/li>\n<li>Overtaking on a barrier line;<\/li>\n<li>Driving though a red traffic light;<\/li>\n<li>Not having number plates on each end of the vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Make no mistake, we are going to be arresting people,&#8221; Msibi said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section body_p_tags\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/9-traffic-offences-that-will-land-you-behind-bars-this-festive-season-20151222\" target=\"_blank\">News24<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">\u00a0More on crime<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: Students loot Tshwane University cafe\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/107225\/watch-students-loot-tshwane-university-cafe\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: Students loot Tshwane University cafe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: Crafty thief steals handbag from Pretoria restaurant\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/106429\/watch-crafty-thief-steals-handbag-from-pretoria-restaurant\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: Crafty thief steals handbag from Pretoria restaurant<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: policeman in high speed shootout speaks out\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/106453\/watch-policeman-in-high-speed-shootout-speaks-out\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: policeman in high speed shootout speaks out<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has warned motorists they will be arrested on the spot for several traffic offences this festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":54768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[873,26],"class_list":["post-107821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-arrest","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107829,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107821\/revisions\/107829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}