Only in SA - 105 kids in 26-seater bus

[Carl Wrbka]

105 kids in 26-seater bus
2009-06-13 08:01

Johannesburg - An unlicensed driver who crammed 105 children and eight adults into a vehicle registered to carry 26 passengers was arrested in Cape Town on Friday, traffic police said.

"The driver was cited for driving without a licence, an expired operator's disc and for the vehicle being overloaded," spokesperson Mogammat Mustapha said in a statement.

The driver was also arrested as he had five outstanding warrants of arrest in his name.

Traffic officers were left "speechless" when they stopped the vehicle at the intersection of Spine Road and Mew Way in Khayelitsha on Friday afternoon. It was taking the children from a crèche in the area to Monwabisi beach.

"The City of Cape Town's social services department transported the children and adults back to the crèche. They were disappointed that they had been denied their promised outing."

The vehicle was taken to the Khayelitsha traffic department where it was released to the owner.

Schools were urged to ensure that the vehicles they used were roadworthy and that the drivers have the necessary licences, Mustapha added.


- SAPA

[Michael Alexander]

I'd like to see a photo of the said incident, must be a guiness record!

[Carl Wrbka]

 202 Most certainly. There was one about 29 people and two sheep in a taxi a while ago as well...eish!!!

[SandyB]

Carl  is  back .. yes  read that one yesterday ... that taxi operator should  be drawn and quartered ..

[Carl Wrbka]

Ssshhhh....!!!!   I'm undercover Sandy....

[Michael Alexander]

Gee! Carl... have you only finished Far Cry2 now? Don't let Patricia know....

[SandyB]

Just  read again .. vehicle released  to the owner .. it should be confiscated ...

[Michael Alexander]

WHAT?  that's silly.... they should mount the taxi on a pedestal at the Waterfront, place dummies of all the occupants in it and it would become a tourist attraction....

[Carl Wrbka]

  Far Cry 2... another game that never got finished... Let just say I got bored with it's monotony.

I'm playing FEAR2 now, and it looks like I might finish this one.

[Carl Wrbka]

WHAT?  that's silly.... they should mount the taxi on a pedestal at the Waterfront, place dummies of all the occupants in it and it would become a tourist attraction....

Yea, cast it in bronze and hand it to the winning team in next years world cup.

[Michael Alexander]

For what it's worth, I also never finished Far Cry 2... I too got bored with it....... did not like the way, that if you strayed too far from a mission, your malaria would kick in... I wanted to have my own revolution.... 

[Andrew Darné]

Dang... and all along we thought that CDM appies had it taped with how many in the front of a Datsun bakkie? Bastard taxi & bus driver scaled any chance Omund ever had of keeping that record in the Guiness books.