New law targets unroadworthy trucks

Fleet managers and even
company CEOs should
be held accountable
for accidents in which
people die as it is their
responsibility to ensure
their vehicles are in
pristine condition.
This is according
to Collins Letsoalo,
acting chief executive
officer of the Road
Traffic Management
Corporation (RTMC),
who says road safety is
everyone’s business and
responsibility.
Speaking at the
monthly Transport
Forum in Johannesburg
last week, Letsoalo said
it was not just the job of
authorities to keep road
carnage down.
Letsoalo said in an
effort to create safer
roads legislation had
been changed which
in future would allow
authorities to remove
vehicles from yards.
“We are not going to
have to wait for your
fleet to make it onto the
roads – we will come
into the yards and take
unroadworthy vehicles
out of the systems.”