Two-yearly roadworthy tests?

[TiredOfWaiting]

You aren't being practical. Where are all these impounded cars going to be taken and who will administer the system. It's going to take a few years to write the new laws for a start. It's a non-starter.

To an impound lot?

SA has something like that, right?

 

[bwana]

You aren't being practical. Where are all these impounded cars going to be taken and who will administer the system.

Other countries can manage it so can SA. One possibility - the traffic officer calls an authorised private firm who collects and stores the vehicle until the vehicle is inspected (even on site).

It's going to take a few years to write the new laws for a start. It's a non-starter.

Just because it take time to write laws it doesnt mean they shouldnt be written.

 

[Nod]

You aren't being practical. Where are all these impounded cars going to be taken and who will administer the system. It's going to take a few years to write the new laws for a start. It's a non-starter.

Another job creation opportunity. The car is impounded, an assessor check to see whether the car is repairable to a roadworthy state, and if not, it gets compacted immediately. Cars that can be repaired, should be charged to the owner (finance available )

Obviously this might cause some opportunities for fraud and other issues, but if the proper process is put in place, and people can be held responsible for every car that gets scrapped, it should be ok. Maybe even give the traffic cop that took the car of the road an incentive like a % for the scrap metal sold or cost of reparation.

Just a thought, I'm not an expert in this type of things

 

[Koos Custodiet]

The testing could be handled by private garages much like it is in the US and UK. If a garage is caught issuing bogus inspection certificates then they lose their certification and get a heavy fine.

Aaah, but you need the ability to identify, stop and remove-from-road the vehicles that don't comply.

Right now we have way too many vehicles without licences and / or number plates on the roads. I don't see how additional checks on the law-abiding will stop this.

I would rather see money spent on putting cops on the streets, where they can identify potentially unroadworthy vehicles and have them tested amd OK-ed or confiscated and crushed immediately.

But making more laws is a lot easier than actually working.

Edit :

Impound unlicensed vehicles on the spot.

Yea, that, what you said. We don't need roadworthy checks on the 95% of vehicles, we need cops identifying the other 5%.

 

[Moederloos]

I would rather just see the authorities enforcing the laws already in place.
Like number plates.
And speeding.
And stopping.
And so on.