Driving schools cause traffic chaos as they demand online bookings be scrapped 05 March 2021 - 15:13 Members of the driving schools marched to the RTMC offices in Centurion in the morning and proceeded to the Gauteng department of roads and transport later. Image: Supplied
The National Driving School Association of SA disrupted traffic on the N1 on Friday as the organisation embarked on the first day of a planned three-day protest to have the online booking system scrapped.
Various driving school operators drove on the N1 from the Centurion offices of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) to the Gauteng roads and transport department office on Friday morning.
03 March 2021 - 13:16 Protesters preventing the public from entering the Sandton DLTC last week. Driving school operators are set to resume their picket protests this Friday, and on Monday and Tuesday. Image: Denis Droppa
The National Driving School Association of SA is urging the public not to visit traffic department offices for three days starting on Friday, when they will be staging protests to demand the scrapping of the online booking system.
“Since the department of transport is not taking us seriously, we are planning to picket at the [department] and Road Traffic Management Corporation on Friday. On Monday and Tuesday we are closing all the stations. There will be no service for all stations. We are urging the public not to go to any traffic department,” said Abel Mositsa, the association s chairperson.
Protesters disrupt driving licence testing centres in Gauteng National Driving School Association wants online licence booking system scrapped 26 February 2021 - 10:33 By TimesLIVE Protesters prevent the public from entering the Sandton DLTC on Friday morning. Image: Denis Droppa
Driving licence testing centres (DLTCs) around Gauteng are being disrupted on Friday by members of the National Driving School Association of SA (NDSASA).
The protesters seek to put brakes on the online driving licence booking system in Gauteng, saying it is not working for independent driving schools or their customers.
The protest action follows NDSASA handing a memorandum to the department of transport on February 15 to have the online booking system scrapped, saying it’s created backlogs, as bookings can be made online only once a week.