{"id":44152,"date":"2026-02-23T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/durban-metro-police-service-strike-team-members-conducted-scholar-transport-enforcement-on-the-r102-resulting-in-the-suspension-of-two-vehicles-for-serious-safety-violations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:56:55","slug":"durban-metro-police-service-strike-team-members-conducted-scholar-transport-enforcement-on-the-r102-resulting-in-the-suspension-of-two-vehicles-for-serious-safety-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/durban-metro-police-service-strike-team-members-conducted-scholar-transport-enforcement-on-the-r102-resulting-in-the-suspension-of-two-vehicles-for-serious-safety-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban Metro Police Service  Strike Team members conducted scholar transport enforcement on the R102, resulting in the suspension of two vehicles for serious safety violations."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Durban Metro Police Service  Strike Team members conducted scholar transport enforcement on the R102, resulting in the suspension of two vehicles for serious safety violations.<\/p>\n<p>A VW kombi was found transporting 29 school children, despite being licensed to carry only 10 passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Upon inspection, the vehicle was suspended for:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; 3 tyres with missing wheel nuts<br \/>\n&bull; Sliding door not opening from outside<br \/>\n&bull; Engine oil leaks<br \/>\n&bull; Exposed wiring<\/p>\n<p>In a separate stop, a Toyota Avanza was also suspended for:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Battery not clamped<br \/>\n&bull; Front suspension tampered with<br \/>\n&bull; Additional mechanical defects<\/p>\n<p>The safety of our children is non-negotiable. The DMPS will continue with zero tolerance enforcement to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Durban Metro Police Service Strike Team members conducted scholar transport enforcement on the R102, resulting in the suspension of two vehicles for serious safety violations.https:\/\/t.co\/iMgKyCf7D0#ArriveAlive #ScholarTransport&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76537&#038;page=durban-metro-police-service-strike-team-members-conducted-scholar-transport-enforcement-on-the-r102-resulting-in-the-suspension-of-two-vehicles-for-serious-safety-violations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban Metro Police Service Strike Team members conducted scholar transport enforcement on the R102, resulting in the suspension of two vehicles for serious safety violations. A VW kombi was found transporting 29 school children, despite being licensed to carry only 10 passengers. Upon inspection, the vehicle was suspended for: &bull; 3 tyres with missing wheel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44153,"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\/641592138_895916619977399_5173745833717153152_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/641592138_895916619977399_5173745833717153152_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44152","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=44152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}