MOSSEL BAY NEWS - There simply is no escaping the long arm of the law in Mossel Bay.
Even motorists passing the town have come to realise that Mossel Bay provincial traffic inspectors are not only visible, but highly effective.
On Sunday morning, in the vicinity of Glentana, provincial traffic inspector Eucine Koester attended to a motor vehicle accident on the N2 at 04:10 when he noticed the suspicious behaviour of the driver of another vehicle.
He pulled over this driver to find the 53-year-old male reeking of what he presumed was alcohol and apparently so intoxicated he could barely stand. The driver was alone in his vehicle.
The perpetrator was arrested and taken to the Great Brak River Police Station, where a case was opened against him. He was then taken to the provincial hospital in Mossel Bay, where his blood alcohol level was tested. He was then returned to the police station pending a court appearance. It turned out that the driver's blood alcohol level was 1.31 mg/1 000ml.
Since then another driver has been arrested, also on the N2, with a blood alcohol level of 1.34 mg/1 000ml. According to provincial traffic inspectors, motorists in the town are mostly abiding by the rules of the road.
"We often find designated drivers and even grandparents taxying their friends or family, who clearly had too much to drink. We thank these people for their sacrifice in help making our roads safer for all to use."
The highest blood alcohol reading in the Western Cape of 1.31 mg/1 000ml, five times over the legal limit, was recorded on the N2 in the greater Mossel Bay. This is hardly a statistic the town would want to pride itself on.
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