Mr. Sam Waide:

On the last question on modernisation, as I hope most committee members will be aware, the RSA works in partnership with other agencies. There is a number of agencies from different Departments that work on road safety interventions. As an organisation we provide extensive research, which is one of our statutory obligations. At a minimum, our research provides the risks and dangers of speed, and the correlation between the higher the speed the greater the serious injury and, in many cases fatalities, unfortunately. To my technical understanding, commercial vehicles have speed restrictors. If the question was would the RSA advocate to have speed restrictors placed on vehicles, we would welcome any intervention that changes behaviour, particularly that of vehicle drivers, so that people follow and adhere to safe speeds - I am not referring to speed limits - based on the condition of the road, the environment and other people who use the roads such as pedestrians, cyclists or whatever mobility solution.