Ian and Judiet

Current Mood: Angry

I believe that any successful person needs to be able to think for themselves and take some initiative when a situation demands it - and most people do this except the Metro Police of Johannesburg.

So I was on my way to work this morning when there was a large backup before a major intersection (Main/Witkoppen for anyone that cares) and just before the robot (with the massive backlog) where two Metro Police officers pulling people over who where driving over a yellow stripped section in an attempt to fill both turning lanes to make the flashing arrow as effective as possible. What? Why in hells name would they not think a little further than making some money and help the traffic flow through the intersection a little easier and remove the backlog. They have the whole day to pull over people for doing things wrong - yet they wont help the flow of traffic.

This is also not the first time that I have been highly annoyed with them. A couple times last week while driving to work (during load shedding) a few major intersections where out and while waiting to cross one intersection 3 metro police vehicles drove through the intersection. Now I can understand if its a little intersection somewhere in the sticks, but a large intersection that relies on working robots to keep traffic flowing (for miles around) should surely have a points man helping things out.

So please, Mr Big Chief Sir Metro Police Officer Controlling Boss Man, please make sure that traffic flows before you assign your minions to pull people off for driving over a yellow stripped section to fill up turning lanes - its just pathetic.

On a side note (a pathetic side note): The woman behind me got pulled over for talking on her Cell phone. She must be blind that she didnt think they wouldnt see her - there was a JMPD van with flashing lights and everyone was avoiding them, yet when she got caught she acted all surprised. Dumbass.