RTMC to consider scrapping K53 testing system

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CAPE TOWN – The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is looking at scrapping the K53 driver license testing system.

The corporation's chief executive Makhosini Msibi told Parliament's Transport Portfolio Committee that it does nothing to shape driver attitude and behaviour.

Msibi says there's also too much corruption at licensing and vehicle testing centres which is contributing to the number of reckless drivers on the country's roads.

Accidents cost government R149 billion annually.

Msibi says the mindset of its drivers needs to change, and the K53 testing system is not achieving this.
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More at: http://ewn.co.za/2017/05/05/rtmc-to-consider-scrapping-k53-testing-system
 
They should look at the points system implemented in the U.K.

The courts can fine you and ‘endorse’ your driving record with penalty points if you’re convicted of a motoring offence.

Endorsements must stay on your driving record for 4 or 11 years, depending on the offence.

The endorsement and penalty points are put on your driver record. View your driving licence record to see what penalty points you have and when they’ll be removed.

You can be disqualified from driving if you build up 12 or more penalty points within a period of 3 years. There are different rules for new drivers.
 
We have a similar system... it's called AARTO and it's a monumental failure so far
 
The points system encourages corruption. There are so few alternatives for driving for most drivers that the bribe to keep your license becomes a survival thing.
Behavior will only change once law enforcement becomes honest and effective
 
The best way to get rid of corruption is to make the system more efficient than the corrupt processes that plague it.

Honestly, what they should do is get rid of all the current testing systems. They simply don't teach you how to drive in the real world. There is also strong evidence of them not working in the real world.

It would honestly be better if they issued a provisional licence to people that designates an already licenced driver as a designated training driver. Then they provide a GPS logger with a fingerprint reader. In order to get a licence when you can drive by yourself, you have to log a specified amount of hours under various driving conditions. The logger only turns on when both the training driver and trainee apply their fingerprints. Then you set a timer on the device such that it remains on for a specific time based on the average speed.

If the average speed is 20km/h, it turns off every 30 min, 60 km/h it is an hour, 120 km/h every 2 hours.

That way you can ensure that the both the licenced driver and trainee are actually in the car. Now if you want to be clever, you would have accelerometers and gyros in the device that create a profile of how the driver drives. If they drive badly, it doesn't record the log. It also uses the sensors to create a signature that can be used to match up driving styles.
So to test if the driver who was logging the device was actually the trainee. You get the trainee to drive around town as they normally do with an examiner in the car. If that signature doesn't match the one it has created, you fail the test.
 
might as well scrap all rules/laws. if you dont enforce them you are farting in the wind.

lol the head over ass way of thinking and dealing with things is incredible.

but no! they make more laws for the people who dont follow them. imbeciles.
 
Lord Flacko said:
They should look at the points system implemented in the U.K.

The courts can fine you and ‘endorse’ your driving record with penalty points if you’re convicted of a motoring offence.

Endorsements must stay on your driving record for 4 or 11 years, depending on the offence.

The endorsement and penalty points are put on your driver record. View your driving licence record to see what penalty points you have and when they’ll be removed.

You can be disqualified from driving if you build up 12 or more penalty points within a period of 3 years. There are different rules for new drivers.
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None of which does anything to address the massive deficincies in the K53 test. It teaches bad habits and poor driving technique. So even if they want to get rid of it for the wrong reasons it is good that they are considering doing so. Neither does a point system address people effectively driving without being licensed to do so. Also South Africa already has provision for endorsing a license when convicted of an offence.
 
noxibox said:
None of which does anything to address the massive deficincies in the K53 test. It teaches bad habits and poor driving technique. So even if they want to get rid of it for the wrong reasons it is good that they are considering doing so. Neither does a point system address people effectively driving without being licensed to do so. Also South Africa already has provision for endorsing a license when convicted of an offence.
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not strange how it worked good enough before?
 
RTMC TO CONSIDER SCRAPPING K53 TESTING SYSTEM

CEO Msibi says there's also too much corruption at licensing and vehicle testing centres which is contributing to the number of reckless drivers on SA roads.
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CAPE TOWN – The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is looking at scrapping the K53 driver license testing system.

The corporation's chief executive Makhosini Msibi told Parliament's Transport Portfolio Committee that it does nothing to shape driver attitude and behaviour.

Msibi says there's also too much corruption at licensing and vehicle testing centres which is contributing to the number of reckless drivers on the country's roads.

Accidents cost government R149 billion annually.

Msibi says the mindset of its drivers needs to change, and the K53 testing system is not achieving this.

“It's not a good system. It doesn't test the psychological applicability of the individual.”

He says instead of the 45 minutes it should take to acquire a learner's license, investigations have revealed instances where it's only taking five minutes.

“It's our view that if we can deal with the fraud and corruption at the DLTCs we have then dealt with 50% of our challenges.”

Government is hoping to implement its new road safety strategy in all provinces this year, but funding remains a challenge.
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http://ewn.co.za/2017/05/05/rtmc-to-consider-scrapping-k53-testing-system
 
They should, the system is archaic and doesn't produce decent drivers.
 
Replacing it will do nothing to curb the lawlessness on our roads. Start by proper traffic law enforcement and eradicating bribery and corruption, then, and only then, can we start to fix our issues on the roads.
 
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