We promote safer roads in the Western Cape through education, and strategic and integrated traffic management.
Provincial traffic officers maintain law and order for all types of transport through integrated traffic policing operations and other initiatives:
We launched the Random Breath Testing (RBT) Initiative together with municipalities and national government in 2017. During an RBT operation, traffic officers conduct rapid, lightweight, vehicle check points (VCPs) at multiple locations in a single shift.
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Contact details
Director: Farrel Payne
Tel: 021 483 6085
Email: farrel.payne@westerncape.gov.za
We inform and teach different road user groups – pedestrians, drivers, passengers and non-motorised transport users. We also customise our campaigns for particular age groups – children, youth, adults and seniors.
Danny Cat is our road safety mascot created to appeal to young children, particularly learners between Grade R and Grade 3. He adds an element of excitement while creating awareness about road safety.
Preschools and primary schools can book a session with Danny Cat by calling Road Safety Management on 021 483 6971.
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Contact details
Director: Mark Jansen
Tel: 021 483 6958
Email: mark.jansen@westerncape.gov.za
Our Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell offers training in road traffic law enforcement for traffic officers, examiner of vehicles training, and a number of specialised short courses.
For admission to the traffic officer’s course, you have to have secured a traffic officer’s position in a local authority or in a provincial administration.
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Contact details
Director: Donald Lakey
Tel: 021 483 2213
Email: donald.lakey@westerncape.gov.za
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