Answer
In 2016, the Public Prosecution Service defined the following national traffic enforcement priorities [7]:
To meet these priorities, the Public Prosecution Service has presented the following guidelines [7]:
- Police will continue to use 659 FTEs for the sole purpose of traffic enforcement. This has been stipulated by the Public Prosecution Service when transferring the budget for the traffic enforcement teams.
- Being stopped will imply a breath test. Apart from the usual alcohol checks, drivers will have to take a breath test whenever they are stopped by the police, in order to increase the subjective probability of detection.
- Being stopped will imply a driver’s licence check. This will increase the subjective and objective probability of detection for road users whose licence has been suspended.
- Helmet and seat belt checks during surveillance. Helmet and seat belt compliance has been around 97% for years. Therefore, checking for this compliance is no longer designated a priority, but it has been agreed to include it in other police checks.
