Jumping Red Robots and Blue-Light Escorts – What Tow Trucks, Breakdown Vehicles, and Private Escorts Can and Can’t Do on South African Roads

31/10/2025 9 min
Jumping Red Robots and Blue-Light Escorts – What Tow Trucks, Breakdown Vehicles, and Private Escorts Can and Can’t Do on South African Roads

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Episode Synopsis

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Xolani Fihla, Spokesperson for the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), about what it means when people are found jumping red robots and using blue light escorts, and what tow trucks, breakdown vehicles, and private escorts can — and can’t — do on South African roads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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