Will naming & shaming cease carnage SA’s roads?
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has advised that motorists be named and shamed for violating visitors legal guidelines.
FILE. Minister Dipuo PetersHAS requested the RTMC to think about publishing the names of individuals convicted of dangerous behaviour on the roads. Image: freeimages.com.&#thirteen;
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JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has recommended that motorists be named and shamed for violating visitors legal guidelines.
She’s requested the Street Visitors Administration Company (RTMC) to think about publishing the names of individuals convicted of rushing, drunk driving and different offenses as a way to discourage dangerous behaviour on the roads.
Transport Division Spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi says regulation enforcement officers should take a no-nonsense strategy in coping with motorists caught breaking the principles on the street.
“The minister made an attraction, their names have to be revealed. This robs our nation and its households if their family members.”
He says rushing and driving drunk are the primary causes of accidents.
“Statistically we’re doing nicely. However we’re under no circumstances impressed by the present deaths we nonetheless discover on our roads.”
Transport officers have confirmed there’s been a sixty two % drop within the variety of street deaths within the week main as much as the Easter weekend, in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
In the meantime, Western Cape visitors officers have positioned a big concentrate on the security of lengthy distance taxis over the Easter weekend interval.
This weekend is infamous for a spike in lethal street accidents throughout the province.
Over the Easter weekend final yr, officers recorded 23 fatalities – most of them pedestrians.
Provincial Visitors Chief Kenny Africa says officers are utilizing a color-coded sticker system on minibus taxis to make sure it has been checked for roadworthiness.
“Our visitors officers are working across the clock to ensure these taxis are roadworthy and never overloaded.”
Statistics from the RTMC point out that there have been greater than 300 deaths on South Africa’s roads throughout final yr’s Easter interval.
(Edited by Tamsin Wort)