Bangaphezu kuka-140 abantu ababoshiwe eSurrey emasontweni amane nje kuphela njengengxenye yomkhankaso waminyaka yonke wamaPhoyisa aseSurrey wokugqugquzela ukuphuza nezidakamizwa.
Lo mkhankaso uqhutshwa ngamaphoyisa ngenhloso yokuthi ukuvikela umphakathi ezingozini zokuphuza utshwala nezidakamizwa ngesikhathi samaholide. Lokhu kwenziwa ngaphezu kokugada okuqinile ukuze kuliwe nabashayela utshwala nezidakamizwa, okwenziwa izinsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka.
Kuboshwe abantu abayi-145 ngemuva kokumiswa kwamaphoyisa aseSurrey ngesikhathi somkhankaso oqale ngoLwesine, lu-1 kuZibandlela kwaze kwaba yiSonto, lu-1 kuMasingana seluhlangene.
Kulaba, bangu-136 ababoshiwe ngezinsolo zokushayela bephuzile nezidakamizwa. Lokhu kufaka phakathi:
- Kuboshwe abangu-52 ngezinsolo zokushayela bephuzile
- 76 ngezinsolo zokushayela izidakamizwa
- Amabili awo womabili amacala
- Omunye ngezinsolo zokungafaneleki ngenxa yotshwala noma izidakamizwa
- Ezinhlanu zokwehluleka ukunikeza isifanekiso.
Abanye abangu-9 ababoshiwe bebengamanye amacala afana nalawa:
- Amacala okutholakala nezidakamizwa
- Ukwebiwa kwezimoto
- Amacala ezibhamu
- Ukwehluleka ukuma endaweni yesigameko sokushayisana kwezimoto zomgwaqo
- Ukuphatha izimpahla ezebiwe
- Imoto eyebiwe
Ngesikhathi esifanayo Amaphoyisa aseSussex abophe abangu-233, abangu-114 ngokusola ukushayela ukuphuza, abangu-111 ngezinsolo zokushayela izidakamizwa kanye nabayisishiyagalombili ngokuhluleka ukunikeza.
USuperintendent Rachel Glenton, wophiko lwamaphoyisa eSurrey and Sussex Roads Policing, uthe: “Nakuba abasebenzisi abaningi bomgwaqo beyizakhamuzi eziqotho futhi ezithobela umthetho, baningi abantu abenqabayo ukuthobela umthetho. Lokhu akugcini nje ngokubeka izimpilo zabo engozini, kodwa nezimpilo zabanye abantu abangenacala ngokunjalo.
"Inani elincane lotshwala noma izidakamizwa lingalimaza kakhulu ukwahlulela kwakho futhi likhulise kakhulu ingozi yokuthi uzilimaze noma uzibulale wena noma omunye umuntu emigwaqeni."
'Akungifanele neze'
ULisa Townsend, uKhomishana wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu eSurrey, uthe: “Abantu abaningi kakhulu basacabanga ukuthi kwamukelekile ukuphuza noma ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa ngaphambi kokuba bahambe.
“Ngenxa yobugovu, babeka izimpilo zabo engozini, nezabanye abasebenzisi bomgwaqo.
“Imizila yaseSurrey imatasa kakhulu – ithwala ithrafikhi engaphezulu ngamaphesenti angu-60 kunomgwaqo ojwayelekile wase-UK, futhi izingozi ezimbi azivamile neze lapha. Yingakho ukuphepha emgwaqeni kuyinto ehamba phambili empilweni yami Uhlelo lwamaphoyisa nobugebengu.
“Ngizohlale ngiweseka amaphoyisa njengoba esebenzisa amandla omthetho ukulwa nabashayeli budedengu abafaka abanye engozini.
“Abashayela bephuzile bangabhidliza imindeni futhi bachithe nezimpilo. Akusizi ngalutho.”
Uma kukhona omaziyo oshayelayo ngesikhathi eseqile komkhawulo noma ngemuva kokuthatha izidakamizwa, shayela ku-999.