By Johannah Malogadihlare
The Western Cape Scholar Transport Board’s focus this year will be to increase school transport safety and formalise safety regulations.
“In support of this initiative, we wish to call upon the Western Cape Scholar Transport Board and all its contracted learner transport operators to ensure that vehicles
used to transport leaners are in a roadworthy condition and are specified valid operating licences,” said board chairperson Denver van Aarde.
The board said it was impossible to currently implement safety regulations, as not every operator belonged to the governing body for scholar transport. “However we would put in stricter measurements in conjunction with the traffic department, law enforcement and mobility department. We are trying to get people [to get] a certificate of compliance,” Van Aarde said.
The board said it would assist operators in ensuring that their vehicles were in a roadworthy condition.
It also called on provincial traffic officers to conduct voluntary inspections on vehicles used for learner transport services.
The board said operators could visit the testing station at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell between Monday and Tuesday next week for a free inspection, or contact
the department.
Additionally, Van Aarde said operators could request inspections at their own premises on a date and time that was convenient for both parties.
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