245km/h Bmw Driver Among 414 South Africans Arrested For Speeding Over Festive Season

There is speeding and then there is excessive speeding, and the latter is an arrestable offence that put hundreds of drivers on the wrong side of the law during the recent holiday period.

The Department of Transport DOT announced this week that 414 motorists were arrested over the 2024/2025 festive season for driving at excessive speeds, with five of them having been clocked at over 200km/h.

The fastest among them was the driver of a BMW sedan, who was caught driving at 245km/h on the N1 freeway near Honeydew on December 18. Police did not specify the model type.

The focus on excessive speed has continued into January, with Gauteng traffic police concentrating on 80km/h zones, where cross traffic can make for more dangerous conditions than on a freeway.

In the past week the Johannesburg Metro Police Departments JMPD High Speed Unit arrested eight motorists in Lanseria, nine in Midrand and a further 15 in Lenasia, with the former operation having caught one motorist travelling at 162km/h in an 80km/h zone.