Chair, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that 75 commuters, including schoolchildren, were injured when one Golden Arrow bus crashed into the back of another in Cape Town on Wednesday, 20 October 2010;
2) further notes that this accident comes barely a month after 13 people were killed and 32 others, including three children, were injured in a head-on taxi collision about 35 km outside Laingsburg in the Western Cape;
3) acknowledges that the national statistics show horrific carnage on our national and provincials roads, with private cars responsible for by far the largest share of fatalities and that most of the drivers who die on the road are young - 51% are between the ages of 20 and 39 years; and
4) takes this opportunity to call on all South African road users to be responsible as we approach the festive season by declaring its commitment to National Transport Month and the national road safety programmes of all the provinces by declaring: "Be safe; stay alert to be alive." Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.