Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • GM Direct publishing break
  • “Makhanda is in shambles,” says Ward Four resident
  • Ward Two residents buy own floodlights to combat cable theft
  • A town without a playground: where do the children play?
  • Women, Politics, Power, Patriachy: A feminist lens
  • Makhanda’s Links Royal House Gaokx’aob (Chief) has died
  • What’s On – 30 March – 6 April
  • Unapologetically queer and Black consciousness approach to live performance
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Motorists urged to help fight road carnage
Uncategorized

Motorists urged to help fight road carnage

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailJuly 9, 2013No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

The government has strengthened its call for South Africans to join hands in an effort to end road accidents, which claim 40 lives daily.

Transport Minister Ben Martins has appealed to all South African road users, including pedestrians, passengers and motorists, to take personal responsibility for their safety on the roads.

The government has strengthened its call for South Africans to join hands in an effort to end road accidents, which claim 40 lives daily.

Transport Minister Ben Martins has appealed to all South African road users, including pedestrians, passengers and motorists, to take personal responsibility for their safety on the roads.

“As a signatory to the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 campaign, which aims to reduce road deaths around the world by 50%, South Africans form part of the global community that carries the responsibility to reach this milestone.

“We call on all South Africans to play their part in helping us in the achievement of this important milestone,” he said.

Through implementing the National Rolling Enforcement Plan to make South Africa’s roads safe, a total of 910 248 vehicles were stopped and checked by law-enforcement officers across the country last month.

A total of 243 130 notices were issued for various traffic offences, 16 000 of which were for not wearing seatbelts, both for front and rear vehicle occupants; 2 322 vehicles were discontinued and 1 728 were impounded as part of the enforcement plan.

A further 1 744 drivers were arrested, 935 of whom were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Several major crashes were also reported, with the most common crash types being head-on collisions and single vehicles overturning.

This was mostly due to unsafe overtaking, the driver failing to keep a proper lookout and excessive speed.

Through the safety plan, implemented by the Road Traffic Management Corporation), an agency of the department, more than one million vehicles are stopped and checked every month for compliance. – SAnews.gov.za

Previous ArticleSOUL FOOD: thought for the week
Next Article National Schools Festival in full swing
Grocott's Mail

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.