Road safety groups are advocating that young inexperienced drivers be banned from driving “big weapon” vehicles and are calling on Parliament to revise the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations.
“Why are we going backwards?” Denise Dias of the Mothers in Black association said in response to the amendment to the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations.
Prior to the 2013 amendment to the regulation, drivers 18 years and older were licenced to drive a motor lorry and only drivers 25 years and older were permitted to operate a minibus. However, in April this regulation was altered by the Home Affairs Minister, according to the powers