Half a million vehicles checked within two weeks-Transport

By Jurina Nkwazi
15 October 2010

The Transport Department says the launch of the Transport Month campaign has already registered significant successes within two weeks.

Department spokesperson Logan Maistry says more than half a million vehicles and drivers have been stopped and checked by traffic officials.

This forms part of South Africa’s “Make Roads Safe” campaign and the new National Rolling Traffic Law Enforcement Plan (NREP).

“Only road users who break the law need to worry about the intensified police presence on the roads,” Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said.

NREP will see law enforcement officers stop and check no less than one million vehicles and drivers across South Africa every month.

Minister Ndebele said: “We are intensifying our efforts towards safer roads in South Africa. It is the road user who breaks the law who needs to worry. Road users who must worry are those who want to cause death and never-ending pain."