Traffic cops nabbed a taxi driver transporting 42 primary school pupils for reckless and negligent driving on Tuesday morning.
Traffic Services spokesperson, Richard Coleman, said the driver was caught speeding, cutting in between vehicles and overtaking on solid lines.
“He also tried to evade a vehicle checkpoint,” Coleman said.
The driver, who was stopped on the corner of Symphony Way and Stellenbosch Arterial, had six outstanding warrants totalling almost R20000.
His vehicle was overloaded and also found to be unroadworthy.
“This is a carbon copy of an incident just yesterday (Monday), where another taxi driver was arrested for reckless and negligent driving on the N1, with 22 primary school learners in his vehicle.
“The driver had no licence or permit and had four outstanding warrants to the value of R11 400.”
African News Agency