{"id":77908,"date":"2025-04-03T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=77908"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:00:30","slug":"traffic-officers-missing-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/traffic-officers-missing-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic officers missing in action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Evidently our traffic lights are not operational due to vandalism, this obligates traffic officers to be the ones ensuring a smooth flow of traffic, especially during peak hours in the CBD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roads leading to Welkom CBD from Riebeeckstad, Virginia and Odendaalsrus between 07:00 and 08:00 require constant monitoring by traffic officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is quite disturbing to note that when traffic officers are needed to manage traffic flow, they&#8217;re nowhere to be found, but when there is a funeral of a well-known person they suddenly appear in great numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This makes you wonder whether they are employed to ensure the safe and free flow of traffic to prevent road accidents and deaths on our roads, or to dignify funerals. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There seems to be a gap there. It would be interesting to know how much revenue our municipality is deriving from controlling funeral processions compared to enforcing by-laws and issuing traffic fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the notifiable weaknesses is the reluctance by the traffic department to utilize traffic fines as a scope for revenue boost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wouldn&#8217;t be sitting with unfunded budgets if they capitalized on this. In the past, traffic officers were even working at night, but not anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s when accidents happen and taxi pirates without permits drive. 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