In a move that caught many by surprise, police began enforcing Section 72 (G) of the Road Traffic Act No 8 of 1981, which forbids passengers in a vehicle having any part of their bodies protruding from the moving vehicle.  

At least 21 taxi conductors serving the Maputsoe, Botha-Bothe and Peka routes felt the wrath of the police when they were arrested for “touting customers with parts of their bodies showing outside a moving vehicle.”

Extending a head or arms through the windows or doors of the vehicles is an offence commonly committed by taxi conductors when touting, according to police spokesperson Superintendent Ts'eliso Ts'ita.

Ten drivers who failed to pay spot fines issued in December to January and two drivers whose licences had expired were also arrested in the swoop, Superintendent Ts'ita said.

17 February 2006