Plan studied to make car phone kits obligatory

RTA initiates year-long road safety drive telling motorists to use instruments equipped with hands-free devices.

Motorists may soon be necessary to install hands-free mobile phone kits in their vehicles as part of the campaign to reduce road accidents related to the use of cell phones while driving.

"We may resort to strict rules with heavier fines if drivers persist to use phones without hands-free kits in violation of the traffic laws," said Sultan Al Marzouqi, Director of the Licensing Department at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). He added the RTA would consider the suggestion to make hands-free kits mandatory in the car at the time of registration.

Also, he said insurance companies would be asked to provide incentives or discounts to car owners with hands-free devices in their cars.

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Jack up interior license system

The conclusion by Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele to expand the ending period of the learner's licence by 6 months to 2 years is welcome news for a lot of frustrated by long delay in the booking system.

Expansion should ease tension between the Ministry and Gauteng magistrate Daniel Thulare, who put the spanner in the workings early this month by advice holders of learner's licences to drive without licences provide they can prove their documents expire after they had try to be tested many times to no avail.

Still, we believe the Minister will soon be surprised to find there is still delay despite the addition, thanks to the booking system itself which is manipulated by persons acting in cahoots with driving schools to coerce the public to pay an extra fee to secure scarcely available slots.
Thus, jacking up of interior systems is still wanted to solve the problem once and for all.

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Mandoza crash car scam

The crashed car, in which kwaito star Mandoza was found a week ago, has led to the arrest of eight people. The car is register in the name of a human being who lives in Venda, Limpopo. His name is known to Sowetan.

The Mini Cooper, in which the hurt Mandoza was found, is believed to be registered under a false name. Eight men were under arrest on Thursday intended for their alleged involvement in a benefit fraud syndicate after the crash.

They appear in court yesterday on fraud charges. The case was delayed to next week.

1. Nkululeko Bobo Ncube-33(Mandoza's friend)
2. Dumisani Khumalo-33
3. Nhlanhla Khumalo-33
4. Danny Maposi-40
5. Leesah Rah-35
6. Ayanda Dladla-29
7. Khumba Sibanda-31 and
8. Mzwandile Sibanda-32.

At the crash picture in Weltevreden Park on the West Rand previous week Ncube said he owned the car.

Hawks spokesperson Musa Zondi said the men supposedly stole people’s identity books, took out loans at banks to buy property and vehicles that were later resold.

Police said Mandoza was in the back seat, while his friend – the alleged owner of the car - arrived on the scene 45 minutes later behind the police had called him. Zondi said Mandoza was not linked to the study at the moment and was not under arrest.

A case of wild and careless driving was opened previous week. Zondi said benefit and identity fraud was of great concern to the Hawks.

The major case, he said, was in Silverton, Pretoria. He said it was likely that more people might be under arrest as the investigations continued.

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Ford India to sell overseas Figo, engines to South Africa

The Indian arm of global auto maker Ford Motor will shortly initiate exports of its small car Figo and diesel and petrol engines to South Africa and Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) countries, the company said Friday.

"We will be shipping out wholly built Figo and engines (diesel and petrol) to South Africa and Asean countries," said Ford India president and managing director Michael Boneham after launch of the company's new engine plant near here.

The actual volumes will rely on the require in the domestic as well as abroad markets, he added.
At the same time, Boneham admitted that the Indian subsidiary is not gainful.

The new engine plant, with an annual manufacture capacity of 250,000 units, is element of Ford India's $500 million expansion project, which incorporated doubling of its existing car production capacity to 200,000 units yearly.

Major portion of the investment expend that was announced has been made. The remaining portion will be invested soon, Boneham added.

He said the local component substance in petrol and diesel engines will be 60 percent and 80 percent correspondingly.

The stretchy production line can make 1.2 litre, 1.4 litre and 1.6 litre petrol and diesel engines, with a incessant mixed flow and not batch built. The plant can make up to 10 types of engines.
With the commence of Figo and plans to launch a new model every 12 or 18 months, Boneham expects the capacity utilization to go up from the last year's levels of 30 percent.With a capability of 100,000 units Ford India rolled out 30,000 units in 2009.

Figo, to battle beside the likes of Swift and i20, will be commercially launched next month.

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