Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has reiterated a call for the adoption of laws that would prohibit motorists from getting behind the wheel of a car having consumed even a drop of alcohol.
He was speaking during a press briefing where he formally presented new directives for transport under level 2.were killed in an accident involving a suspected drunk driver.that President Cyril Ramaphosa would address the nation in the evening and reintroduce the ban on alcohol.
Mbalula said while there were no plans to reintroduce the ban as yet, the country needed to start looking at permanent measures to stop the carnage on the roads. “The Road Traffic Amendment Bill was introduced in June this year in parliament and introduces 0% alcohol level for all motorists," he said.
The bill states that nobody should drive a vehicle or occupy the driver’s seat of a vehicle if the engine is running while there is"any concentration of alcohol in any specimen of blood taken from any part of his or her body". Mbalula said directives for public transport under level 2 included 100% capacity for taxis travelling less than 200km, or 70% for those traveling further than that.International air travel will remain prohibited until there is enough evidence to prove that it is “safe” to resume.
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