South African motorists can expect to see the Department of Transport’s big projected road regulations being implemented shortly. This is according to Transport Minister Spokesperson, Ishmael Mnisi, whom has confirmed this to BusinessTech.
What does this entail?
It’s projected that the first of these regulations will come into effect from 1 May 2017.
It was also confirmed by Mnisi that other major proposed regulations, first communicated in 2015, would be open for public review within the coming months, with the intention that the rules would be applied formally within the next year.
These other major proposed regulations include:
It’s not all grim news at the end of the day. In a country with one of the highest road death tolls, most of the changes are for the better, wouldn’t you agree?
Although 40km/h…wait WHAAAT?!
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