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Traffic Cop Stop – African Macgyver

11 April 2011 By Alan Straton

A good friend of MyPE spends a considerable amount of time on our roads. Being a consumate multitasker his Nikon D90 Digital Camera is always close at hand to photograph some of the crazy illegal moves by the vehicles in front of him. Naturally the animal known as Taxius Minbusus is the one that gravitates the most towards the camera – it being the most photogenic and agile of the animals and other hogs that we find on the road.

We will be bringing you an image a day of the animal road antics as seen through the lens of our undercover ‘Steve Irwin of Port Elizabeth Roads’. Each image will be published on weekdays at 13:00 – we reckon that 13:00 is slap bang in the middle of our hard working ‘Stomach in – Chest Out’ Traffic Force’s lunchtime so they would ALSO like a chance to see images of the ‘one that got away’ and maybe look out for serial transgressors!

Send your image/s to alan[at]mype.co.za or upload them direct here: MyPE Photographs. Please provide Date, Time and Place that the image was taken and also indicate if you would like to be properly accredited or you would prefer to be identified as a Non E Mouse.

Click here – roadhog – to see all the images in our Traffic Cop Stop feature.

17 September 2010 - Govan Mbeki. Have innovative boot locking device so will stop anywhere.
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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.
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  1. Daphwil says

    12 April 2011 at 5:12 pm

    have you sent any of these pics to the traffic department?we saw a traffic cop on a bike( for the 1st time in years) in Stanford road on the way home on Monday night and he pulled over a vehicle that had”driven through a red robot.Is this a “WE NEED YOUR VOTE” ploy or are trafrfic cops on bikes back
    in town???

    • Alan says

      13 April 2011 at 4:57 am

      We also saw a Cop on a Bike at the EP Kings vs Griquas game on Saturday – made me think of CHiPS.

      Must say there is something comforting and reassuring about a cop on a bike.

      When I send links to ‘people who should know’ I rarely get acknowledgement but often find out later that something has been done – so let’s believe in good and hope that something will be done.

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