Road safety campaigns underway

As the festive season kicks into gear, road-safety crackdowns are underway across the country.

- Miranda Maswanganyi

With peak holiday travel approaching, traffic authorities have launched a zero-tolerance campaign targeting unroadworthy vehicles.

Since the start of the operation, officers have stopped and inspected 229 612 vehicles nationwide.

Of these, 662 were immediately discontinued due to serious defects, including smooth tyres, faulty brakes, broken lights, cracked windscreens, leaking engines or defective steering.

Any three of these faults trigger an instant removal from the road.