DA Calls on
government to ban transportation of people on open vehicles
The DA would like to expresses its heartfelt condolences to the
families of the seven victims who tragically lost their lives in the horrific accident that happened at a T-junction
on a road between Waverly and the Oshoek border post into Swaziland
According to reports, a truck that was using the road and an open
light delivery bakkie (without a canopy) failed to stop at the stop sign at the
T-junction and they collided. Six of those killed were from the bakkie, including
the driver. The truck hit on the side and the driver of the truck was not
injured.
Eight others seriously injured, while a ninth person sustained
minor injuries and taken to a hospital
in Elukwatini for treatment.
The DA in Mpumalanga
According to Regulation 247 of the National Road Traffic Act 1996
(Act No. 93 of 1996), people be transported in a goods vehicle (bakkie or
truck) that does not have a canopy only under the following conditions:
· The
vehicle is enclosed to a height of at-least 350 millimetres above the surface
upon which such person is seated; or at-least 900 millimetres above the surface
on which such person is standing.
· the
vehicle must be roadworthy and not overloaded.
· No person
be transported in the same compartment as goods or tools unless a partition is
made.
The big question is what are we, and in particular government
going to do about it. Incident after incident MEC for Safety and Security, Vusi
Shongwe make bold public announcements that the cases are to investigated, but
little ever happens and certainly nothing being done about this dangerous
practice.
Government has a non-negotiable responsibility to take proactive
steps to end the carnage on our provinces roads.
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