New Traffic Cop in Town!

[Michael Alexander]

There's a new Traffic Cop in town, and he ain't messing around, Adriaan watched him hand out at least 7 traffic tickets in the space of half an hour outside Spar today. The Taxi drivers are in a state, for about 3 years , there was no real traffic enforcer doing his job properly, lets hope the new Speedcop is'nt just a flash in the pan.... and become lazy like the rest of them.....

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[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

hEY MIKE, maybe we should sponsor him,a coke for a taxi, a beer for every lady and ..... oh sorry Michelle make that a case of beer..... just a thought    

[barb (Fry)]

excuse my ignorance but I'm confused as to why you need taxi's in Oranjemund ?
Think I may have missed something along the way.

[georg ruf jr.]

Good question. And what traffic does he take care of?
I don't remember seeing any cops in om. Now and then you'd see people we thought that worked for securety. As a kid you would never know for sure.

[Michael Alexander]

Well my dear (ex) Oranjemunders, like I explained in my previous postings, the town had changed, the demographs have changed, and the majority of the masses do not own cars, so the company allowed about 8 taxi's to operate in the town, but this has somehow blossomed into about 20 odd taxi's...... the thing with these guys, is they don;t obey the law of the road, they cruise along at about 16km/hr.... and our previous traffic official, did boggerall about it....... now Wyatt Earp has arrived...... time for a showdown....

[georg ruf jr.]

How about the free buses? blue green red and yellow route? I remember all kids running out of school to get the best places on the bus. In the back of course.

[barb (Fry)]

Wyatt Earp - what a fantastic name -.....

Ah, thank you Mike.  Taxi's in Africa - or should that be taxi drivers, god bless them.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Adriaan what are you implying?

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[Michael Alexander]

The only busses running here, are the shift bus from the mine and the school bus.... and not every 15 minutes like the old days.....

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[georg ruf jr.]

Pity!
As kids we'd sometimes just ride on the bus to "travel" around town.

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

I don't imply Michelle,do not cross the line YOU have been WARNED  :emot19: TH laughpointATS THE LINE IN FRONT OF SPAR. :emot112:Me think we ought to put up a camera,catch all the culprits,say for a week and give it to the speedcop as a newyear gesture..... howzat....    oh AND MIKE HE LAID IN THEM TODAY AGAIN.... opposite the police station :emot112:   

[Clive Symes]

Mike,
Your taxi drivers are definitly not from Cape Town, the poor traffic cop would be scared to death, afterall the taxidrivers here are a law unto themselves. He would be offered a contract??

[Michael Alexander]

What Cape Town needs is an effecient subway system, paid for the government, and cheap for the customers/masses to use, thus they will use that , be hidden underground , and the Taxi's will lose market share

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[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

Sad that we can't bring our children to see the fantastic place where we grew up, take the bus etc, everythings changed, and unfortunately for the worse. Do you have potholes in Oranjemund? Here in Kimberley some are so big, they have to send a search party if you land in one. They have only recently started repairing the roads but I think it is too little, too late. There was an article in the local about the bad publicity the municipality get from the newspapers, if it wasn't for that they probably wouldn't have started.

[Clive Symes]

If they can get Cape Towns Taxi's sorted, the trains and the busses it may help to get the road volume down.

I heard talk of a ferry  / hover craft service from Melkbos to Cape Town harbour. Now if it ever materialises is another story