The newly amended National Road Traffic Act
regulation which requires children to be appropriately restrained inside a
vehicle was gazetted last week.
Western Cape Department of Transport and
Public Works says the amendments are in line with efforts to increase
compliance and also to improve safety on the roads.
In a statement the department stated that a
fine for people who offends by not appropriately restraining a child must still
be determined.
Ministerial Spokesperson Siphesihle Dube
said most notable of those regulations is one that requires now for children
defined as being a 0-3 when transported to vehicles to be appropriately
strapped in child car seats.
“This is the move that we have working towards
as the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works as well as with
safely homes. Our analysis show that a
majority of the incidences or deaths of particularly young children that are
found in crashes are due to children not being appropriately restrained,” Dube
added.
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