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Veral die Weskus en die omliggende gebied is gewild di\u00e9 tyd van die jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit het by navraag ges\u00ea hulle maak gereed vir meer verkeer op die R45 en die R27-Weskuspad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie munisipaliteit se openbare veiligheidsdepartement sal op \u2019n ho\u00eb gereedheidsgrondslag wees en verseker om sigbaar te wees en gepas op te tree teen oortreders,\u201d het Ethne Lawrence, munisipale woordvoerder, verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy voeg by vele besoekers sal langafstand-padgebruikers wees wat na verwagting van beide openbare en private vervoer gebruik maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Padgebruikers kan hulle gereed maak vir \u2019n ge\u00efntegreerde optrede teen roekelose en onverskillige bestuurders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By pad-kontrolepunte sal voertuie, lisensies, rybewyse, die dra van veiligheidsgordels en die algemene toestand van voertuie nagegaan word, waarsku Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besope bestuurders sal ook vasgevat word. Volgens Ricardo Mackenzie, provinsiale minister van mobiliteit, het dit te algemeen geword dat inwoners aanvaar daar sal padsterftes tydens piektye wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVerlede jaar het gedurende die April-feestyd altesaam 36 mense op ons (provinsiale) paaie gesterf. My wens is dat alle gesinne hierdie jaar veilig by hul vakansiebestemmings sal aankom en ook terugkeer van hul vakansiebestemmings,\u201d het Mackenzie Maandag ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u2019n onlangse onderhoud met die provinsiale minister het hy aan <i>Weslander<\/i> ges\u00ea die grootste faktor in ongelukke is padgebruikers se gedrag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns kan die re\u00ebls opstel en die voorskrifte in plek h\u00ea, maar dit is elke individu se verantwoordelikheid om veilig op te tree. Drank speel natuurlik \u2019n groot rol in die ignoreer van verkeersre\u00ebls en dit moenie genormaliseer word nie. 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