Despite severe weather conditions between 8 -14 July, law enforcement officials arrested 76 individuals for drunk driving on Western Cape roads. This July, as we observe Drunk Driver Awareness Month, this statistic highlights the ongoing issue of impaired driving and its potential to cause severe harm to both drivers and other road users. Drunk driving remains a significant threat to public safety, contributing to countless accidents, injuries, and fatalities every year. The Western Cape Government strongly urges drivers to make responsible choices, such as designating a sober driver or using alternative transportation if consuming alcohol.
In the past week, Provincial Traffic Services implemented a total of 225 integrated roadblocks, vehicle check point and speed control operations across the Western Cape. Over 17 000 vehicles were stopped and checked, with a total of 6 055 fines issued for various traffic violations ranging from driver to vehicle fitness.
For this same period, 23 crashes occurred on Western Cape roads and 23 fatalities were recorded, 12 of which were pedestrians.
Drunk driving, in particular, not only endangers the life of the driver but also poses a grave risk to passengers, pedestrians, and other motorists. The consequences of such reckless behavior can be devastating, resulting in loss of life, lifelong injuries, and severe legal repercussions.
As we continue to strive for safer roads, the cooperation of all residents is crucial. Provincial Traffic Services will maintain a strong presence on our roads to enforce traffic laws and ensure that violators are held accountable.
Together, we can reduce the incidence of drunk driving and work towards a safer, more secure environment for everyone on the roads. Let us all make a commitment to road safety today.
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A Priest was seated next to Van Der Merwe on a flight to Brakpan.
After the plane was airborne, drink orders were taken.
Van Der Merwe asked for a Rum and Coke, which was brought and placed before him.
The flight attendant then asked the priest if he would like a drink.
He replied in disgust \”I\’d rather be savagely raped by a dozen whores than let liquor touch my lips.\”
Van Der Merwe then handed his drink back to the attendant and said \”Me too, I didn\’t know we had a choice.\”
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Van is getting married, but he and his fiancee have never done the deed – in fact he\’s never been with any woman before. He\’s getting more and more nervous as the big day approaches, so he confides in his friend. His friend says \’No worries man. I\’ll come by the honeymoon suite before you guys get there, and I\’ll hide behind the curtain, and I\’ll whisper instructions to you.\’
\’You\’d do that for me?\’
\’Sure thing man!\’
So the wedding day arrives, it was a lovely service (so I was told, I wasn\’t there myself) and Van\’s friend sneaks into the honeymoon suite as promised and hides behind the curtain.
Van and his new wife arrive in the room, get settled on the bed, and things are getting steamy.
But Van is still super nervous and his tummy is bubbling, so he murmers to his wife, \’Listen babe, I\’m just gonna go to the bathroom quick. I think it\’s that wors roll from earlier.\’
\’Sure thing babe.\’
So Van goes into the bathroom, and he\’s taking quite a long time. And his wife is starting to feel the nerves herself. And it\’s getting worse. She can\’t hold it in. But she doesn\’t want to go after he\’s gone and totally ruin the mood. So she looks around and finally finds a shoebox. Quickly, she does her business in the shoebox, and she shoves it under the bed just as Van comes back from the loo.
Van gets back on the bed and they go at it again. But after a minute or so Van smells something not so lekker.
\’What\’s that smell?\’
\’Nothing babe,\’ he wife tries to assure him.
\’No man there\’s definitely something not so lekker in this room!\’VSo Van starts looking around the room, in the corners, in the cupboard, and finally he looks under the bed, and sees the shoebox.
He pull it out, and opens it up, and in horror he shouts \’Sies! Daar\’s kak in hierdie doos!\’
And from behind the curtain his friend yells, \’NEE MAN, DRAAI HAAR OM!\”