MD of driving skills company, driving.co.za, Rob Handfield – Jones, has praised the Road Traffic Management Corporation for stating the type and scope of statistics in its latest press release. “For years, the RTMC has compared unconfirmed figures were compared with confirmed figures, resulting in a flattering, but inaccurate picture of road safety. In its [...]
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The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) on Tuesday said early indications suggest there has been a sharp rise in the festive season death toll in 2010. Provincial traffic centres are still crunching numbers, but initial figures suggest more than 900 people have died on the country’s roads. The death toll is expected to top the [...]
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A total of 860 people have died from road accidents during the festive season, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) said on Wednesday. “As from the beginning of December 2010 until 21 December 2010, the fatalities are at 860 people from 717 fatal crashes,” said RTMC spokesman Ashref Ismail in a statement. “(This is) as [...]
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The way the Road Traffic Management Corporation reported statistics was creating confusion over true accident figures, a road safety expert said on Friday. Rob Handfield-Jones, managing director of a driving skills company, was commenting on the recent release of the corporation’s 2009 data. He said that until 2006, statistics were reported on the basis of [...]
[Media Release by Justice Project South Africa] JOHANNESBURG – The controversial AARTO Act and its associated points-demerit system is once again in the news and now SATAWU is also taking the matter to task. Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) is astounded to see that even large and mighty organisations are being blindly ignored by the [...]
Road Safety has been recognized as a global health risk. Road Safety authorities across the Globe have joined in the commitment to address road safety as a matter of priority – and South Africa has also added its support to the Global Make Roads Safe Campaign. The Minister of Transport has set the trend by [...]
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The Make Roads Safe Campaign has recently been launched in South Africa by the Minster of Transport. The RTMC has committed to bring this campaign hype home. Plans are under way to host a ‘signature day’ soon for ALL the RTMC family to step forward and give a pledge by signing and committing to make [...]
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The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) together with all its provincial, metropolitan police and municipal traffic departments have long prepared for the games through the National Rolling Enforcement Plan. The plan, which saw as a build-up to the main event, a number of special operations conducted over the last eighteen months to ensure that a [...]
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The main purpose of the AARTO pilot since July 2008 in the municipality of Tshwane and February 2009 in Johannesburg was to, amongst others, test all the various systems, procedures and processes that are utilized in the daily operations, identify weaknesses and deficiencies with the view to develop and apply remedial measures. These related to [...]
This year the launch of the brandhouse/ RTMC Number One Taxi Driver Campaign will take place amidst the country’s increasing fervour and excitement of the Soccer World Cup. Once again, taxi drivers throughout South Africa are being called upon to support and be a part of this initiative which is launching today. The Campaign has [...]
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