It is an undisputable fact that light duty vehicles, LDVs, play a key role in creating access to transport for many people who live in remote and poorly resourced areas where public transport do not serve due to low passenger volumes and poor roads. That being said, our traffic legislation prohibits the conveyance of people for reward on LDVs. The National Road Traffic Act of 1996 provided for certain safety criteria to be met when transporting persons in goods compartments of LDVs. Under the National Road Traffic Regulations of 2000 as promulgated under the National Road Act of 1996, there are two regulations that directly deal with the conveyance of persons on a goods vehicle, namely, regulation 247 and regulation 250. Regulation 247 does not allow the practice unless certain safety conditions are met for the sake of compliance. Regulation 247 provides that, no person shall operate on a public road with goods vehicle conveying persons unless that portion of the vehicle in which such persons are being conveyed is enclosed to a height of at least 350 and at least 900 millimetres.