TRAFFIC SAFETY
Transport minister hails drop in holiday road death count
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi and his provincial counterparts have hailed a decrease in road fatalities during the festive season, but bemoaned a sluggish and ineffective justice system, which impeded on traffic authorities sanctioning motorists who transgress the rules of the road. This comes as Parliament’s National Council of Provinces is about to approve the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill. Once enacted, the bill will put a demerit system in place for motorists who break road rules. The number of road fatalities decreased from 1,714 in the period from December 1 2016 to January 9 2017 to 1,527 in the period from December 1 2017 to January 9 2018. "However, speed continued to be a major headache with 922 drivers arrested compared to 785 in the 2016-17 period. Five motorists were arrested in Limpopo, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape for driving at speeds exceeding 220km per hour in 120km zones," Maswanganyi said. Road Traffic Managem...
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