WATCH: Unroadworthy bakkie impounded for driving without lights

An unroadworthy bakkie tried its luck to transport a load of scrap but failed to make its destination after a motorist flagged its presence on the road this evening, Wednesday, 3 May.

WHERE WAS THE UNROADWORTHY BAKKIE SPOTTED

This scrappy bakkie was spotted by another motorist on the N2 between Qonce and East London, one of the busiest stretches in the Eastern Cape, according to the Eastern Cape Department of Transport.

“Time: 18:27. The bakkie that was reported earlier (driving on the N2 without its lights switched on has been stopped by our traffic officers and will be impounded at the Zwelitsha traffic station,” the Eastern Cape Department of Transport confirmed.

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EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT SALUTE PROACTIVE MOTORIST

“A special salute to the motorist who spotted this vehicle and alerted our traffic officers. Salute to the officers who acted and impounded this moving hazard.”

Eastern Cape Department of Transport

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THE WORST THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED

Reflecting on the bakkie, the department described the unroadworthy bakkie as an accident waiting to happen.

“If those ropes had to snap, all that metal gets scattered across the road, what was to happen… It is for that reason we have to pay a very special tribute to the motorist who spotted this accident waiting to happen and alerted the officers. Kudos to them for heeding the call and stopping this vehicle. It has been impounded at the Zwelitsha Traffic Station. Disturbingly, the officers said it had no lights on and no number plate,” the department explained in a narrated video clip on social media.

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The Eastern Cape Department of Transport further stated that the three men in the vehicle tried to intimidate the officer who was wise enough to call for back up which arrived promptly and they were able to take this moving hazard away from the road.

“By doing that, we may never know how many lives they have saved from this possible danger,” the department concluded.

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