A new law on Cape Town roads might be implemented
Cape Town Government wasn’t joking when they said they were going to implement stricter road rules in 2015. First the car modification debacle, and now this…
The Department of Transport has put in a new proposal, requesting a law that will forbid all drivers from drinking… any alcohol.
According to IOL News, the zero alcohol tolerance for drivers is one of the proposed changes outlined in the Draft National Road Traffic Amendment Bill gazetted last week for public comment.
The proposed new section of law states: “Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs having a narcotic effect (is) prohibited”.
Current law allows drivers to have up to 0.05g of alcohol per 100ml of blood. The proposal was reportedly welcomed by drunk-driving watchdogs.
South Africans Against Drunk Driving said a zero alcohol level was easier for drivers to understand and thus appropriate for South Africa, but warned that this in itself wasn’t enough.
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