Be careful on the road over payday weekends
The Western Cape transport officials have launched a campaign to curb high payday weekend road deaths as an analysis of road fatalities show there have been an increase of more than 20% in road deaths this year, especially over payday weekends.
Department spokesperson Siphesihle Dube said, “Statistics released by Safely Home have revealed to us that our payday weekends are amongst the most dangerous with fatalities spiking during this time.”
A total of 26 deaths were recorded over a payday weekend last month. Provincial Traffic Chief Kenny Africa says, “We’ve got the City of Cape Town on board with us so that we can curb this problem, especially with the 24/7 service that we are rendering.”
Western Cape transport officials launched a the #PayDayBlues campaign to curb high payday weekend road deaths.