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Roadworthy tests every two years suggested
31 January 2008, 19:34
* Operation to make SA roads safer
* Durban's sinkhole symbol of SA's deadly roads
* Lower accident figures show campaign success
* Is your vehicle roadworthy?
Government is looking at possibly introducing road worthiness tests
for private vehicles every two years, a senior traffic official said
at the launch of a national road safety campaign in Durban on
Thursday.
Thabo Tsholetsane, the acting executive manager of the Road Traffic
Management Corporation (RTMC), was speaking at the launch of Operation
Juggernaut - a campaign focused on eliminating unroadworthy vehicles
from the country's roads.
He said government was "doing a study" to see how often roadworthiness
tests could be done.
Asked if RTMC was thinking of implementing a statutory roadworthiness
testing requirement for ageing vehicles, Tsholetsane said that heavy
duty lorries as well as public transportation vehicles were currently
required to undergo a roadworthiness test every year.
"With 7,3 million vehicles on the country's roads we may not be in a
position to test these vehicles. We have been doing a study to see if
these tests can be done.
"I suspect if this (mandatory roadworthiness testing) does happen, it
will be done every two years," he said.
Launching Operation Juggernaut, national transport minister Jeff
Radebe said that between 10 to 15 percent of all fatal crashes in the
country involved unroadworthy vehicles.
He said the operation would be implemented during February and would
become a part of the transport department's Rolling Enforcement Plan.
While he welcomed the decrease in lives lost during the recent festive
season, Radebe said that on average 36 people were killed every day on
the country's roads.
Operation Juggernaut would also ensure that traffic authorities
nationally would be able to stop and check 200 000 public transport
and freight carrying vehicles, Radebe said.
"Government has committed more than R63-billion in the next four years
to be used on our road infrastructure networks to enable our public
transport operations to function efficiently."
He also referred to the R9,2-billion that government has allocated to
public transport for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
However, Radebe would not go into details about the plans for public
transport.
He said: "We have money budgeted for a dedicate mass transport system.
We also have plans for intelligent transport systems. We will be
unveiling new plans.
"Public transport is enjoying a priority in government," he said,
adding that the government's budget allocation for public transport
had increased every year in recent years. - Sapa
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