'Proper' law enforcement vital in reducing road crashes - JPSA
Justice Project South Africa says traffic control and safety plans should be strictly enforced on our roads all year-round.
The Project's Howard Dembovsky says 'proper' law enforcement would help reduce the number of deadly crashes.
"The statistics are not looking good, to be frank," he says.
"It represents a considerable worse outlook of the situation. When it comes to road classifications, the major contributing factor is reckless driving."
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said in his preliminary festive season report, that 690 people lost their lives in road collisions, between the 1st and 20th of this month.
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131 of those deaths were recorded in KZN. Traffic volumes are expected to spike again on New Year's Eve and on the 3rd and 10th of January, as holidaymakers head home.
Dembovsky feels our roads need to be policed 24/7.
"Hiding away in bushes and taking 'happy snaps' of people exceeding the speed limit and then sending them traffic fines in the post, it is quite frankly, the biggest contributing factors to the lawlessness that goes down on our roads."
