EMPD officers roll out safety campaign in Kwa-Thema
Scholar transport urged to be compliant.
KwaThema – Members of the EMPD took their campaign about safe learner transport to Qedusizi and Fred Habedi primary schools on Tuesday.
This was to educate learners and school staff about school learner transport safety.
EMPD spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa said the campaign is in response to the high number of pedestrian-vehicle accidents in the past few weeks.
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“We identified the need to run a campaign of this nature to educate children on approaching road traffic signals and crossing the roadway safely.
“The continuous efforts to engage in campaigns of this nature will assist to curb the number of road fatalities and help keep communities safe,” she said.
The officers also inspected scholar transport and other vehicles in the area to ensure motorists and vehicles comply with the National Road Traffic Act (93/1996).
They issued several written notices to non-complying offenders.
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Thepa added that working together with other law enforcers and the Community Safety Department, the EMPD will ensure that schools participate in scholar patrol programmes.
The EMPD urges motorists to ensure their vehicles are roadworthy and that they exercise caution on the roads at all times.
