16/05/2025
Padreëls in Suid-Afrika het sopas strenger geword
Groot veranderinge is op pad in 2025.
Die boodskap aan Suid-Afrika se motoriste is duidelik: Ry stadiger, bly nugter, vermy afleidings – of staar ernstige gevolge in die gesig.
Suid-Afrikaanse motoriste sal hernieude padreëls in die gesig staar vanaf 1 Julie 2025, aangesien die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap (SANRAL) en die Departement van Vervoer strenger wette instel wat daarop gemik is om die land se hoë koers van padsterftes te verminder.
Een van die nuwe reëls wat teenstand in die gesig staar, is 'n algemene vermindering van 10 km/h in spoedbeperkings in die land.
As dit ingestel word, sal dit spoedbeperkings van 60 km/h tot 50 km/h in stedelike gebiede verminder, 100 km/h tot 90 km/h op sekondêre paaie, en 120 km/h tot 110 km/h op die land se hoofweë.
Meer as 12 500 lewens is in 2023 alleen in padongelukke verloor en die regering handhaaf nuwe spoedbeperkings, geen toleransie alkoholwette en 'n strenger strafstelsel om roekelose en afgeleide bestuur te bekamp.
Hierdie hervormings is een van die grootste veranderinge in padbeleid in onlangse dekades.
SANRAL en vervoerowerhede beklemtoon dat openbare samewerking van kritieke belang is om lewens te red en veiliger paaie vir alle Suid-Afrikaners te verseker.
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Road rules in South Africa has just got tougher
Major changes are on its way in 2025.
The message to South Africa’s motorists is clear: Drive slower, stay sober, avoid distractions – or face severe consequences.
South African motorists will face renewed road rules starting on the 1st of July 2025 as the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and the Department of Transport introduce stricter laws aimed at reducing the country’s high rate of road fatalities
One of the new rules facing opposition is a blanket 10km/h reduction in speed limits in the country.
If enacted it would reduce speed limits from 60 km/h to 50 km/h in urban areas, 100 km/h to 90 km/h on secondary roads, and 120 km/h to 110 km/h on the country’s highways.
More than 12 500 lives were lost in road crashes in 2023 alone and the government is enforcing new speed limits, zero-tolerance alcohol laws, and a tougher penalty system to curb reckless and distracted driving.
These reforms mark one of the biggest shifts in road policy in recent decades.
SANRAL and transport authorities stress that public cooperation is critical to saving lives and ensuring safer roads for all South Africans.
(Krediet: The South African)