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23 Jul 2007
Question
I am a student at the University Of Free State and I was given a ticket by an officer of the SAPS.
I was driving alone at 03:00am coming from one of my usual study sessions, and I used a stop sign as a yield sign as I thought I was well within the Law.
My Question is- was I not within the Law to treat a stop sign as a yield sign at that time of the night.
And if I am wrong, doesn't this ticket violate my basic human right of preserving your life?
Answer
Generally - an SAPS member cannot give you a traffic ticket. He will have to open a case of reckless and negligent driving (he probably issued a SAPS J351). This results in a case being opened.
No - you may not ignore a stop sign at any stage / time. Sorry.
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