COMMENT
Obscene road accident bill will reward drunk drivers
Parliament has revived a lapsed bill which provides for a system of no-fault compensation for victims
The ANC last week placed the Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill back on the order paper in the National Assembly and in all probability will seek to pass the bill this week. This is obscene, considering that drunk drivers will be rewarded at the expense of the innocent despite the widely reported opposition to this principle. It is of great concern that parliament this week revived the lapsed RABS Bill which provides for a system of no-fault compensation for road accident victims. This is despite universal opposition to its introduction in the National Assembly in 2018, when it could not be voted on at least twice due to a mass walkout by every single opposition party, and in light of the public outcry surrounding the moral obscenity of rewarding drunk and reckless drivers for their conduct. Apart from this, the intended scheme is unaffordable. The department of transport itself acknowledges that the estimated 75% increase to the Road Accident Fund (RAF) fuel levy will only be...
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