Road Rage: To Better Empower Motorists

From January 21 until March, there will be the distribution of Counterpart Driving Licence (DLC) in police stations. It is a document which will contain the points raised by the road users in case of offense. This shows that it is left to the implementation of penalty points.

If this law was passed in July, still waiting it is enacted. At the Traffic Branch, is "fine tune" now the Point Penalty System Management. "Within a fortnight, the computer system will be ready," the inspector advance Mohit Rama.

At the Grand Journal of Radio Plus, guests Nawaz Noorbux, Dev Nathoo the Traffic Management and Road Safety Unit (TMRSU) Inspector Mohit Rama of the Traffic Branch, Chotoye Yusuf, spokesman of the Common Front of Trade Unions transport and Ashraf Sohawon, spokesman of the Driving Instructors Association (DIA), gave an update on the license points, whose main goal accountability motorists.

Dev Nathoo argues that on the infrastructure, everything is according to international standards. However, this is not the same story side Chotoye Yusuf, who argues that there improvements to our infrastructure and are not adequate for the implementation of penalty points.

How will the penalty points? Dev Nathoo shows that this system takes into account the "safety related offenses": "When a driver reaches 15 points, his license is suspended for at least six months. Each point is valid for three years. It was not until the counter is reset. If recurrence during the period of suspension, the license is canceled. It must pass the tests. '

Ashraf Sohawon believes that following a suspension, the driver must be reeducated "He must be responsible on our roads. For this, training is necessary. "The approved inspector Mohit Rama, which states that the penalty points is to empower drivers.

210,000 tickets in 2012

The penalty points he will reduce the number of accidents on our roads? It is estimated that yes. Even if the police are on the alert, the number of tickets in 2012 is alarming, which is 210 000 105 000 relate to "safety related offenses," 56,000 speeding tickets and 2,250 positive breath-testing, among others. Thus, we believe that this will encourage motorists to be on their guard.