Amid several incidents involving these speeding VIP units, calls are growing louder for the service to be banned.
‘Blue light brigades’ on South Africa’s roads are again in the spotlight as a petition to have them banned nationwide has been started on Change.org.
The then MEC said these cavalcades are ‘tantamount to to a disregard for the rule of law and a threat to the safety of other road users’. “Is it not enough that the blue light brigade behaves like they are a law unto themselves – assaulting and, in some cases, killing innocent civilians on the road?” questions the petition.
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