Truck ban will demand creation of holding areas

The government will need
to create holding areas
across South Africa if its
proposed peak hour truck ban
goes ahead as verges, road
shoulders, filling stations –
and most of the current truck
stops in the country – all fall
under the definition of a public
road.
According to Kevin van
der Merwe of ATL Mobility,
a public road is defined as
any place, road, street or
throughfare that the public can
access via road or foot.
“Many people think they will
just be able to pull onto the
shoulder in order to comply
with the requirement – but
that is not the case,” he said.
“Areas will have to be created
where trucks obtain permission
to enter the space and are
corralled until such time as
the ban lifts in the morning or
the evening. So if you have 200
trucks in the holding area they
will be released en masse at
9am onto the public roads.”