There I was, slowly cantering towards school until I was held up in the usual William Nicol traffic. Across the road from me on Republic Road, was the harmless orange van of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), sitting quietly, knowing no one was taking much notice of their calming presence...or so we thought.
An asshole taxi driver decided to take a shorty down the emergency lane - crossing those very yellow lines that are meant to warn of such a cowardice act - and found himself driving straight into the open clutches of the JMPD!The policemen pulled 'Try Me Taxi 47' over, offloaded all the passengers, cuffed the driver, and put him in the back of the piggy van. As the above photo's show. (privacy respected)
What.the.fuck?!
The Black Dude behind me opened his window, whistled at the police and started clapping! Serious!
I did the same, and before we knew it, that whole row of traffic was hooting and cheering at these brave law enforcers...how nice!
Another taxi spotted the waiting passengers on the island and thought he'd take a shorty too - just the same - to rescue them...thinking the police wouldn't notice...think NOT! These cops were good, real goooood!
Just as the poor commuters started loading themselves into 'Stop Anywhere Taxi 39', the cops removed the driver and slapped the cuffs on him too.
2 Down! 3000 to go!
I feel sorry for these poor commuters being stranded and late. It's their only reliable transport service at the moment, but the truth of the matter is...you get arrested for 'reckless endangerment' - as my noble work colleague found out - and driving in the yellow lane is ILLEGAL!
I'm proud of our Joburg Police...let us not get too excited, it maybe just these particular two - they smiled at me when I drove past, giving them the thumbs up. But it's a step in the right direction.
We need to support our Piggies! Especially when credit is due.
Oink.
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24 comments:
That, my friend, is AWESOME!!!! Ten (thousand) points to the cops! I love it when they nail those taxi drivers! Good times!
I've seen them do that on the highway and it was incredibly satisfying there too!
Nice to see Jozi's streets are being treated with respect by the coppers. Hey, how about some social bookmarking plugins at the bottom of your post so that we can spread the good news?
I use 'damnsexybookmarks' but not sure if they work on blogger generated sites. Anyhoo, just a thought!
Satisfying, Luke....that is most definitely the best word to describe it!
Hi MacNessa,
Yip, as Luke said, very satisfying.
I have 'share it' icons at the bottom there I think...not sure where they've gone?!
Thanks for visiting.
that is so so so SO cool! I love it when that happens, almost as much as when some idiot races past you and then gets pulled over for speeding...
*Snaps for the JMPD*
Poor commuters though. What a pain!
WhooooooHooooooo!!!!!!
Awesome!! I love it when they do that!! =D (Shame it doesn't happen often enough though...)
Helen - Ha ha, justice!
Tam - ya no, shame. Felt sorry for them. The need to move to the BRT
Maryx - Ha. Maybe it will start....there's hope!
Wow man! I like eharing good new Ches, I alawys thought the police were for decoration. Taking on the taxis is brave, I wouldn't want that job.
Such a shweet moment. Sounds magical somewhat. We had a singing convoy one morning where one car was singing the bass, the other lead and then the other melody. It was stunning.
By the bye it's Mzansi not Nzanzi although the confusion is extremely common and they do mean near to the same thing. In terms of SA though its Mzansi
100 days to 2010. :D
Po - Good news is, good news! :) Ches...who's he?
Paula - You sure. I speak Zulu, Tsonga and always said Nzanzi....oh well. I'll trend another term.
I think its slang, hey?!
But I am also not the most trustworthy source... I have what you call selective Zulu. :P
Paula, me too. :)
Wow! Maybe things are changing!
How very awesome is that! Well done to those cops!!
I am going to twitter this post- if you can suffer being in twitter :-p
Dtt - Maybe. Maaaaybe.
Laura - I can. Twit it! :)
Crap. The "Ches" habit is hard to break hey, we are trained like Pavlov's dogs.
Ha ha, Po, classic.
Hey,this is the first time that I've looked at your blog...and I love it!!
Also like the disabled parking thingy on the side.I laugh because I can:)Anyways,you are a legend.
Hey Lorna, Welcome.
Thanks so much hey...happy to make anyone laugh.
Will have to pop past a check out your page.
Have a cool day.
This made my day!
Spear - you're welcome. :)
Ha! I loved this! Sent it on to some other folk.
Thanks Champs.
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