Newly licensed drivers to be put on probation

Licensed drivers could soon be put on a 12-month probation period under proposed reforms aimed at improving safety on Namibia’s roads.

The proposal was presented by deputy commissioner and head of operations Rozario Coetzee during the parliamentary standing committee on transport, infrastructure and housing’s public hearings on the motion in Windhoek yesterday.

The probation period forms part of a broader package of licensing reforms that also proposes the accreditation of driving schools and compulsory defensive driving training for professional drivers.