Gauteng cops visit high accident zone in Rand West City
This was aimed at promoting road safety and reminding motorists to adhere to the rules of the road.
Gauteng Traffic Police together with other stakeholders held a massive awareness campaign in the form of a roadblock on the N12 on Tuesday, September 27.
This was yet another effort to increase law-enforcement visibility and engage with motorists and educate them about road safety in general – with hopes of reducing road fatalities in the area.
The campaign was held on the N12 leading into Glenharvie, as well as the N12 and P111 Road which leads to Carletonville.
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According to Nyembezi Khumalo who is Mobile Office Coordinator at the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) and Gauteng Department of Community Safety, “This area has become one of the major accident zones in the province and our visibility is aimed at reducing fatalities in that regard. We want to make sure we bring visibility of traffic officers within the area and ensure that motorists are reminded to adhere to the rules of the road.
We also wanted to make sure that motorists are up to date with their traffic fines and are settling them,” said Khumalo.
The stakeholders present were the Department of Transport, Road Traffic Infringement Agency, Rand West City Local Municipality and the Road Accident Fund among other.
They had set up their different gazebos nearby and educated motorists about their different departments and what their contribution was at the event, and to road safety as a whole.
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The Herald also spoke to Jaco Ricci from Ricci’s towing services who had been in the towing industry for 15 years. He said he could attest to the fact that the intersections in question were infamous for road fatalities and referred to an accident just two days before.
Accidents are really hectic in this are and the police and traffic department are trying their best in terms of visibility, but there’s always room for improvement.
“We hope that today’s campaign will help to curb accidents in the area,” said Ricci who added that they often respond to approximately seven accident scenes in the whole of Westonaria every weekend.
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