Question 1
Indicate the difference between expectations of community services and the powers and duties
that traffic officers should adhere to.
1. 1THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRAFFIC OFFICERS
The powers and duties of a traffic officer, and by way of implication, a member of a metropolitan police branch is
prescribed via part 3I of the National Road Traffic Act ninety three of 1996. These powers and duties, restricted to
their region of jurisdiction (see clarification of this factor in par. 5.6), are:
● these conferred upon an inspector of licences
● to require the driver of any automobile to end such vehicle (when in uniform)
● to inspect, test or reason to be inspected or examined any section of and/or functioning of any vehicle, and/or the
tools thereof by way of any person he/she considers competent to do so
● to ascertain the dimensions of, the load on, or the mass, axle mass load or axle unit massload of any vehicle, or the
mass of any aggregate of vehicles, and, if such a car or combination of cars exceeds the permissible mass in
term of this Act, limit the operation of such vehicle or combination of ve-
hicles on a public road till such mass has been reduced or adjusted.
● to force any car in the performance of his/her responsibilities provided, he is li-
censed to force a motor automobile of the classification concerned
● to quickly forbid any man or woman to proceed to drive or be in charge of a ve-
hicle if the person appears to such officer, by way of motive of his physical or mental
condition, to be incapable, for the time being, of riding or being in charge of
such vehicle
● to modify and control site visitors upon any public road
● to require any individual to furnish his identify and address and supply any different partic-ulars which are
required for his identification or for any technique if such officer
, moderately suspects such a character of having dedicated an offence below this
Act, or, if in the opinion of such officer, he/she is able to provide evidence in re-
gard to the fee or suspected commission of any such offence
● to demand from the owner, operator or driver of any motor vehicle, to produce
any document prescribed in terms of this Act
● to impound any document, produced to him/her, which in his opinion can also af- ford evidence of a contravention
of or failure to comply with any provision of this Act
● to require any professional driver, or operator or proprietor of any motor vehicle, to
produce for inspection any file or record required in phrases of this Act.
● to enter any motor car of an operator at any time and look into such vehicle and any recording device installed
therein for the motive of Part 3 of Chapter III of this Act
● to look at any motor vehicle or phase thereof and impound any report issued in connection with the registration
and licensing of such motor car to require police clearance from the owner, operator or driver of a motor vehicle
registered or deemed to be registered in any prescribed territory with recognize to such motor automobile earlier
than permitting that motor car to be taken throughout the borders of the Republic.
12 THE GOALS OF TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT
traffic manipulate comprises particularly the policing of traffic order, which in turn is aaspect of the major goal of
policing in the broader experience of the word, that is, the preservation of social order in society. Traffic authorities
are mainly accountable for the policing of site visitors order. In addition, the following secondary objectives are
pursued:
● the protection of social order in general
● the merchandising of voluntary compliance with the law
● the protection of life and property through visitors safety education and
engineering
● the rendering of a number offerings and assistance to the clientele
● crime prevention
Traffic Policing is: “All things to do that reduce,
deter or forestall the incidence of accidents, firstly, through ensuring wonderful and
efficient regulation enforcement; secondly, on the monitoring of the relevant
infrastructure as properly as strategic interventions where and when necessary, and
thirdly, by means of offering supportive site visitors control offerings also known as road
policing.”
White and Perrone advocate that visitors policing should at least consist of:
● regulating site visitors laws and driver habits
● managing and implementing drunken driving campaigns
● managing licensing allocations and suspensions
● attending accident scenes
● participating in accident prevention schemes
Question2
2.1 Critically discuss the shortcomings of the South African National Crime Prevention Strategy
(NCPS).
