Swaziland has lately joined those countries that are geared for development. The country's roads are of high standards and so some motorists are tempted to commit most of the offences that are common on such an infrastructure. Within the improvements of the road infrastructure, heavy costs are attached as motorists die and damage property for government's socio-economic destruction on long-term. Third world countries have entered into a massive phase of urbanization in the 21st century, hence the subsequent influx of traffic flows associated with the dynamics of society. The greatest problem is that it is no longer easy to control traffic flows throughout the different road networks irrespective of time; peak hours have only become the period where traffic flows are most difficult. Traffic congestion causes along different types of road accidents and their extents. Preventive safety measures, audits and safety inspections have been resorted to as the only ways to effectively curb road accidents in the developing countries. Within the third world countries, Swaziland is a special case in that the roads are now heavy laden beyond their carrying capacity. This is a great challenge to road safety measures. Vehicles, property and pedestrians are damaged at a high rate. Concerted efforts are being applied to ensure that the situation is reversed. The Swaziland government is yet to let the Road Safety Bill be debated in parliament so that the department is privatized for the good of effectiveness. It is then that negative forces such as funding will be addressed by the Parastatal which will have private allocations from different companies such as the oil dealers (A). For the covering abstract see ITRD E217780.
Samenvatting