“It has been a bloody week on our roads,” says Carlisle
Robin Carlisle, MEC for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape has called on motorists to obey the laws of the road during the school holiday period.
It has been a bloody week on our roads and we have had to deal with more unnecessary loss of life.
To prevent further bloodshed everyone needs to do their bit, by not speeding, by not driving drunk, by wearing their seat belts, by making tired drivers stop for a rest, by not speaking on their cell phones or sending text messages while they are driving, by making sure their vehicles are roadworthy and by watching out for pedestrians.
The Provincial Traffic Hotline is 021 9311 646, while Cape Town Traffic and Metro Police are on 086 076 5423.
School holidays are meant to be happy times, especially for our children, so let’s keep them that way.
MEC Carlisle said the main culprits in car crashes were young men, usually drunk and speeding.
Ninety six percent of the perpetrators in fatal crashes in our province are men, with drunk drivers killing around 800 people a year.
The Departments of Transport and Community Safety are fully prepared for the increase in traffic volumes. MEC Dan Plato and I have also ensured that our Safely Home campaign’s focus on excessive speed and drunk driving intensifies over this period.
It is MEC Plato’s and my wish that you and your loved ones get safely home and that you do nothing to prevent anyone else from getting safely home.
Enquiries:
Steven Otter
Cell: 084 233 3811
