Weekends, especially month-end, seem to be the time when most motorists who drive under the influence of alcohol display their blatant disrespect for the law.
Many of these drivers deliberately flout the law that forbids anyone from driving under the influence of alcohol on a public road.
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What makes matters worse is that one hardly ever sees anyone being arrested for breaking this law. Slogans about road safety should go beyond just empty rhetoric as people die almost daily on our roads.
I would like to see the police focus their attention on drunk drivers at shopping malls, taverns and braais on weekends and month-ends. Law-abiding road users, both pedestrians and motorists, need to be protected from these criminal elements on our roads.
Sakhile Mpongose
Monaheng Section
Katlehong
