The implementation of the e tolling has been delayed





The delay of the e tolling is good news to Gauteng's motorist
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The announcement was made by transport director general George Mahlalela, just hours after the African National Congress and the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said they would ask the government for a month-long delay Read more.

I really think that the delaying of the e tolling system is a relief to must motorist. I must say that travelling on Gauteng road it is going to be quiet expensive. The strike that was planned by the cosatu is going ahead as planned the strike will give motorists again the opportunity to vice out they opinions about the e tolling.  

I wonder what is going to be the discussion of the south Africa national road agency on the trifles, are they going to decrease the trifles or what. The Barden of the tolling system is too much for our motorists because the petrol price is going up again next week. The strike that was planned by the cosatu is going ahead as planned. 

Form a marketing communication view I that the if the South African National Road Agency (snral) wants the e tolling system to be implementation to be successful they should use this time given effectively to communicate with the people who will be using the road and  this is where integrated marketing communications (imc) is important and it should be effective.

Is the strike going to make a difference this time




Same of public concern that the sanral need to address
before  implementing the e tolling system

  Cosatu has received permission from the national economic development and labour council for it 2- million members to participate in a strike again on April 20, 2012 because the South Africa national road agency (sanral) has not addressed some of the public’s concern yet. What i want to know is the strike going to make a difference this time and is there a resolution that is going to be reached about the e tolling.

When cosatu held its first strike against the e tolling system on March 7, the response from the government was that the e tolling will go ahead as planned.  This time again it calling for a strike, will this strike help the government to back down. It is quite clear that millions of motorist are opposing to pay fees for the e tolling and now it is worse to to the fact that if you do not register you will end up R1, 75 per kilometer instead of paying a standard tariff of R0, 30 for registered users. This means that if you are coming to Gauteng and you travel on the freeway roads that has the e tolling system you will have to pay R1,75 per kilometers is that fair for people who do not use this roads on a time o time bases to pay that much.    

From a PRs point of view I think that the e tolling of the freeway has been poorly planned with no participation and engagement with the users.

A decline on the Easter death toll

One of the major accidents that occured during the
Easter holidays:source

The Easter weekend is one of the busiest weekends on our South Africa roads.  The Easter weekend is known for its high accident rates due to the fact that everyone is traveling to different places to enjoy their Easter holidays.

There has been a decline in the number of accidents this year; I have to say well done to our minister of transport and the traffic officers who took their interval for hosting such successful campaigns that were implemented during the holidays.

Transport minister Sbu Ndebele announced that the will be  authorities paying particular attention to drives fitness, drinking and driving, the use of seat belts and pedestrian safety due to the fact that most accidents are cost by this effects.  Objectives of the Easter Road Safety Campaign having identified the Easter holiday as a peculiar challenge to road safety, the enforcement plan considered the following: for more infor

v  To reduce critical offence rates that lead to crashes

v  To reduce crashes, fatalities and serious injuries

v  To inculcate safe road use behaviour and encourage voluntary compliance

v  To create heightened awareness of road traffic safety issues

v  To increase detection and prosecution of critical road traffic offences

v  To harmonise and co-ordinate common operations at all three tiers of service delivery  to maximise communications and publicity exposure on enforcement issues

v  To improve the image of the enforcement fraternity

From a PR's point of view I think that it was about time for the public relation practitioners of the transport department to do something about the high death rate during the Easter holidays.