Monday, January 04, 2010

More than 600 000 vehicles and drivers checked during December

By Ofentse Mokae
04 January 2010


More than 600 000 vehicles and drivers were stopped and checked across the country from the 1st to 31 December 2009.

This was as part of the Festive Season Arrive Alive Road Safety Campaign.

Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said that no less than one million vehicles and drivers will be stopped and checked between December and January.

Ndebele said this during the launch of the campaign on 6 December.

Transport spokesperson Logan Maistry says according to preliminary reports, 1050 deaths were recorded on South Africa’s roads between.

He speed has been reported as a major contributory factor to these crashes.

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