Road safety advocate Rob Handfield-Jones argues that South Africa should reform the K53 system to better reflect real-world driving conditions, rather than abandoning it entirely. CapeTalk's Lester ...

South Africa's roads are among the most dangerous in the world, with around 12,000 people tragically losing their lives each year to road carnage. This has fuelled recent calls to revisit the K53 ...

South Africa’s K53 learner’s and driver’s licence test programme itself is not the reason why the country’s drivers are among the worst in the world. Instead, government incompetence and “stupidity” ...

South Africa’s abhorrent traffic safety, and the worldwide reputation of our drivers as incompetent and dangerous, should be a clear indication that something is wrong with the way we licence new ...

To pass their driving licence test in India, learners only have to drive in a straight line, turn left and stop after 50 metres. While students of SA’s tricky K53 driving test may be envious of ...

Wheels screeching as tyres lock, panic setting in as you desperately try to swerve out of the way of a young child probably no older than five who runs into the road, a sickening thud and then ...

Trust is a word we tend to associate with relationships and not really with motoring, but I would like you to take a moment to consider just how much trust is involved in your daily commute. Here we ...

The global average of human deaths as a result of car crashes is 18 per 100 000. While accurate figures are difficult to obtain, the World Health Organisation says South Africa has the world's sixth ...