South Africa
Traffic volumes increase─── 10:47 Sat, 21 Dec 2019
Traffic on the country's roads is expected to soar on as hundreds of people scramble to get to holiday destinations.
The festive season sees an increase in road crashes due to a higher number of road users.
Road Traffic Management's Simon Zwane says there have been no major accidents on the country's roads so far.
He says they are hoping to decrease road accidents by 10 percent, this year.
“We are confident that we doing well. I was talking to somebody on the phone now he was saying it feels quite because they are not experiencing a high number of massive accidents that we are accustomed to...” said Zwane.
“Our plan is working well we just reviewing it now where we can close the gaps so that we can sustain this momentum right up to the end of the festive season,” he added.
