Compulsory DDCs could tame Zim traffic jungle

ROAD accidents continue to kill people on Zimbabwe’s highways despite heavy traffic police presence, with the majority of the accidents attributed to human error.
In a bid to avoid loss of life and limb, the government has been contemplating formulating a policy that will see every driver obtaining a compulsory Defensive Driving Certificate (DDC) to tame the traffic jungle.

Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza recently acknowledged that the country was losing its active population through road accidents, with the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) being negatively affected as well.

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