Altercations with local authorities are nothing new to South Africans, or anyone around the world for that matter. Whether it s a police or traffic officer, tensions are bound to run high as each party believes they are right over the other.
This is exactly what happened to
motor journalist Marius Roberts in December 2020 after being pulled over by a metro officer in Johannesburg. A seasoned writer and television personality, Roberts drove an Aston Martin on a busy Gauteng highway when a
What ensued was 14 minutes of unnecessary drama, and back-and-forth chatter, with the officer taking Roberts to task for - wait for it - asking why he got pulled over. Roberts tried explaining his side of the story to the officer, but was continuously interrupted.