(Deon) Posted November 18, 2016 Share Justice would be a few years in jail for attempted manslaughter, or should this be attempted murder? This was not just an accident.Exactly.. there was something malicious in the driver's actions for sure. Straight stretch of road with good visibility.. and the obvious law breaking that brought on the situation in the first place. This was intentional. ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted November 18, 2016 Share Look I don't profess to know anything about ppa, I only picked up the name error because of growing up racing offroad/mx, him and his boet are very well known. But if you gonna be making press releases and demanding actions you should just check the details before posting... carbon29er 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest @BAZA Posted November 19, 2016 Share And the SAPS van that drove past on the right in the video didn't even bother to stop mmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccc whippet Posted November 21, 2016 Share What court? All the documentation was fake. The driver is gone. Never existed. From what I read.no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted November 21, 2016 Share At least PPA said something !!! Where are the people that takes you license money and extorts money out of race organizers ? DJR, nathrix and Rider3000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CASSIE1975 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Would be VERY surprised if anything actually happens to the driver of the taxi... Sepia and Skinnyone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyone Posted November 21, 2016 Share Would be VERY surprised if anything actually happens to the driver of the taxi...Sorry to say, this dude got off with a ticket....with no ID, no drivers license reference, therefore the ticket is null and void...so he got away... There is no tracing him from now on in... Why the cops didn't throw him in the slammer from the word go I do not understand...Oh wait... I got stopped one day on my way home from work and I left my wallet/drivers license at the office, because I couldn't produce it there and then the cop wanted to impound my scooter, and throw me in jail for the night. I got off with some smooth talking and the promise I would produce my license to him the next day...I went to his station at the time given, he wasn't there, so I basically got chased out for wasting other cop's time.... CASSIE1975 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted November 21, 2016 Share At least PPA said something !!! Where are the people that takes you license money and extorts money out of race organizers ?  VERY good question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon29er Posted November 21, 2016 Share At least PPA said something !!! Where are the people that takes you license money and extorts money out of race organizers ? Maybe processing his R20,000 insurance claim for medical expenses assuming he is a member? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted November 21, 2016 Share Maybe processing his R20,000 insurance claim for medical expenses assuming he is a member? Would be nice to see a news release from CSA to hear what they have to say about the incident? DJR and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon29er Posted November 21, 2016 Share Absolutely. I don't think they take responsibility for safe roads in the same way cycling federations in other countries do. Which is a pity. nathrix, Hairy and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider3000 Posted November 21, 2016 Share I love this.... thank you PPA !!! Its about time someone uses their weight on these type of guys hitting us on the roads... Ill make sure I pay all my PPA subs asap every year...as this for sure goes a long way ! #staywiderofthePPArider   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted November 21, 2016 Share Does this mean the PPA is active in GP now? I chatted with them a few years ago at the 94.7 Expo (in Sandton) and they said they didn't have officers/offices in this region as yet, but that sure would be a great idea if they could activate here and help do something about the diabolical situation cyclists face on the roads. Other (psuedo) organisations here are much ado about nothing. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryonimo Posted November 21, 2016 Share Looks like the only way to stop these law breaking taxi drivers, and taxi owners for that matter, because they are allowing a non licenced driver drive their non roadworthy vehicle, is to impound the taxi! Then we will see the worms come out of the woodwork! The taxi owners have been getting away with this type of crime for too long now! The real issue the PPA needs to bring to the SAP and Metro police is why they fear these taxi owners so much and let them get away with this time and again! Why was the driver not arrested? Does it take a fatality to impose the law properly? Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon29er Posted November 22, 2016 Share You seem to forget how powerful the taxi lobby is. After all they were instrumental in our current president getting elected to lead his party at the 2007 conference. And we all know how he rewards that sort of thing. Luckily in Cape Town taxis appear to be the most bike aware of all drivers. Certainly in central city and the southern suburbs. Hairy and Wannabe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted November 22, 2016 Share ..................Luckily in Cape Town taxis appear to be the most bike aware of all drivers. Certainly in central city and the southern suburbs.Agreed. You are much more likely to get a friendly wave and a little joke from a minibus taxi than from a 4x4 moms taxi. Wannabe and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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