Motor vehicle roadworthiness...

[ForceFate]

For, but does it really work in Africa? Especially South Africa?

It doesn't work in any country where enforcement is lax.

If videos from countries like Russia and rural Romania are anything to go by.

 

[Azbubu]

No, most accidents are caused by reckless driving, road worthy testing is good but itwik do very little to curb accidents.

Banning alcohol would be a better solution to preventing road accidents.

 

[TheChamp]

Banning alcohol would be a better solution to preventing road accidents.

Tried, tested and proven.

 

[zulucat]

For my own safety and safety of others, I take my car and mom's car for general wellness inspection occasionally. But generally, you will know when your car is no longer safe to drive ... even non functioning wipers or brake lights can actually put you and others in danger

 

[Azbubu]

Tried, tested and proven.

Works for violence too.

But we’re not allowed to say it because there are too many alcoholics amongst us.

 

[kessyjr]

It doesn't work in any country where enforcement is lax.

You are very right

 

[ForceFate]

For my own safety and safety of others, I take my car and mom's car for general wellness inspection occasionally. But generally, you will know when your car is no longer safe to drive ... even non functioning wipers or brake lights can actually put you and others in danger

Add to that people who use rear fog lights in clear weather. Lol

 

[Datura]

Theoretically yes.

In practice in South Africa? No. Too much corruption.

Not just corruption. I think every vehicle has to be checked very regularly. I would have no problem taking a vehicle for roadworthy regularly if the process in SA was efficient. In my experience, it is far from it.

The few times I have had to take vehicles for roadworthy tests have all been nightmares. Only once did I not have to come back another day.

Here in Moz, you book your car in, bring it to the testing station at 8am and you are out of there by noon (if you have cash moola to spare you can be out of there by 8:15am but that is naughty).

 

[Stuey74]

It's a great idea, but this is South Africa, implementation will be the usual stuff up

 

[genetic]

I know in the UK they scrapped the disks altogether five or six years ago - now they rely on number plate recognition systems for enforcement.

It's not working so well for them;

Car tax evasion triples after scrapping of paper discs.

Paper tax discs were scrapped in 2014 in a move which the Government said would eventually save the DVLA around £7 million a year.

But government research found that the "evasion rate" among drivers has since trebled.

The data published by the DfT showed that lost revenue for cars and light goods vehicles has risen to a potential £107 million in 2017/18.

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[Cray]

People spend hours in the queue just to get a license disc renewal, can you imagine the carnage for roadworthiness inspections. Rather let cops do their jobs and pull unroadworthy vehicles off the road when they see them.

 

[Sinbad]

People spend hours in the queue just to get a license disc renewal, can you imagine the carnage for roadworthiness inspections. Rather let cops do their jobs and pull unroadworthy vehicles off the road when they see them.

Cops can't see issues like tread depth, weak brakes, sloppy control arms, wheel alignment, exhaust leaks, oil leaks etc

 

[ForceFate]

You are very right

Our challenges are largely due to lack of political will and outright indifference by both public and "leaders".

 

[Cray]

Cops can't see issues like tread depth, weak brakes, sloppy control arms, wheel alignment, exhaust leaks, oil leaks etc

I have seen cops inspecting tread depth at road blocks, but yeah fair enough - but unless you are doing a full COR none of those would be picked up by a cursory examination either.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

I would rather have everyone be forced to have insurance as it was back in the days.

 

[Nanfeishen]

For it if the yearly licence disk was scrapped
Against it if its just going to be another money making racket over and above the existing disk racket.

 

[WesleyDB]

It's just going to cost the average motorist more money and a lot more inconvenience. Instead of police hiding in the bush with a speed camera, they can go out looking for non roadworthy cars.

 

[WesleyDB]

For my own safety and safety of others, I take my car and mom's car for general wellness inspection occasionally. But generally, you will know when your car is no longer safe to drive ... even non functioning wipers or brake lights can actually put you and others in danger

It's actually infuriating how many people drive without proper working brake lights

 

[kessyjr]

Our challenges are largely due to lack of political will and outright indifference by both public and "leaders".

Politics that has never been subjected to checks and balances will obviously be incapable of solving challenges facing societies.

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

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