According to accident expert Craig Proctor-Parker, the problem with safety on South Africa’s roads stems from the ground roots level — poor driver training.
Implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences system is set to proceed, but accident expert Craig Proctor-Parker says there is one significant barrier to it working — South African motorists are bad drivers.with Cape Talk, Proctor-Parker said the idea of a demerit system isn’t bad. However, he doesn’t believe it would work in South Africa.
“That’s from a highly experienced judge. That in itself tells you where the problem is; it’s with us,” he said. One issue Proctor-Parker didn’t cover during the interview was the number of South African drivers who obtained their learner’s licence and driving permit through corrupt means. “We can’t just say ‘put thousands of extra police officers there’, and that’s going to correct the problem. It’s far greater than that.”
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