{"id":43943,"date":"2026-02-16T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-durban-metro-police-service-bike-unit-is-actively-monitoring-drivers-who-use-their-cellphones-while-driving\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:24:06","slug":"the-durban-metro-police-service-bike-unit-is-actively-monitoring-drivers-who-use-their-cellphones-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-durban-metro-police-service-bike-unit-is-actively-monitoring-drivers-who-use-their-cellphones-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Durban Metro Police Service Bike Unit is actively monitoring drivers who use their cellphones while driving."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists are warned: the Durban Metro Police Service Bike Unit is actively monitoring drivers who use their cellphones while driving.<\/p>\n<p>If you are caught speaking on or handling a cellphone while operating a vehicle, you will be stopped and charged accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Using a cellphone while driving:<\/p>\n<p>\t Reduces reaction time<br \/>\n\t Causes avoidable collisions<br \/>\n\t Puts lives at risk<\/p>\n<p>Our Bike Unit is highly mobile and positioned strategically across major routes and intersections. There is no excuse for distracted driving&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76469&#038;page=the-durban-metro-police-service-bike-unit-is-actively-monitoring-drivers-who-use-their-cellphones-while-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists are warned: the Durban Metro Police Service Bike Unit is actively monitoring drivers who use their cellphones while driving. If you are caught speaking on or handling a cellphone while operating a vehicle, you will be stopped and charged accordingly. Using a cellphone while driving: Reduces reaction time Causes avoidable collisions Puts lives at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/637417444_890403357195392_3331330518481848619_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/637417444_890403357195392_3331330518481848619_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}