Viral driver charged with assault

A SUSPECTED drunk driver who has gone viral on social media for resisting arrest and racially taunting a traffic officer has been charged with assault.

- BY KIM SWARTZ

The driver is seen in the widely-shared video telling the traffic officer not to touch him after the officer instructed him to turn around to make an arrest.

According to officials, the man was stopped after being seen driving recklessly on N1 outbound onto the Durban Road bridge.

After he is pulled over by the traffic cop, the man, who was later charged with driving under the influence, instead gets into a bekgeveg with the officer before getting physical.