The Road to Safety
2001-2005

ACRONYMS:

AARTO - Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (under Act no. xx of 1999)
CBOs - Community-based organisations
COASA - Coach Owners' Association of South Africa
COTO - Committee of Transport Officials (Official operational & planning arm of MINCOM)
CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
DoD - Department of Defence
DoE - Department of Education
DoJ - Department of Justice
DoL - Department of Labour
DoS&S - Department of Safety & Security
IRTE - Institute of Road Transport Engineers
MEC(s) - Members of the Executive Council (Provincial Ministers)
MINCOM - Ministers' Committee (Political forum for Minister of Transport & Provincial MECs)
MTEF - Medium Term Expenditure Framework (3-Yearly government budgetary cycle)
NDoT - National Department of Transport
NDPP - National Director/Directorate of Public Prosecutions
NGOs - Non-governmental organisations
NOCS - National Overload Control Strategy
PDoT(s) - Provincial Department(s) of Transport
RTIA - Road Traffic Infringement Agency (established under the AARTO Act above)
RTMC - Road Traffic Management Corporation
SAIDI - South African Institute of Driving Instructors
SAMC - South African Medical Council
SANDF - South African National Defence Force
SANRAL - South African National Roads Agency Limited
SANTF - South Africa-Netherlands Transport Forum (Safety Working Group)
SAPS - South African Police Service
SAQA - South African Qualifications Authority
SMME(s) - Small, medium and micro enterprise(s)
TCC(s) - (Multi-purpose, on-road) Traffic Control Centre(s)
TCSP - Technical Committee on Standards & Procedures (Sub-committee of COTO)
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