Remember that motor vehicle insurance assumes that you are driving a roadworthy car as this is a legal requirement.
If you make a claim and you have faulty brake pads, worn tyres or windscreen wiper blades that don’t work properly, you won’t be covered and you may also be hit with
third-party claims.
”Unroadworthy cars heighten the risk of an accident occurring” said Bradley du Chenne, spokesperson for Dial Direct. ”With the rainy season almost upon us in Gauteng, motorists need to have their tyres, shock absorbers, breaks and windscreen wipers inspected.”
Your car may have been roadworthy when you bought it, but five years on, will a pass a roadworthiness test?
Tips:
- If you buy a second-hand car, make sure you get a roadworthiness certificate from the owner, assuming this is a private sale – usually, a dealer will attend to this for you.
- Go to a legal testing centre when you take your car for a roadworthy test. If you get a fraudulent certificate, you have to re-test your car and your vehicle is identified on eNaTIS as unroadworthy.
- Your insurance company will not check if your car is roadworthy – this is entirely your responsibility.
- Be a responsible road user. Wear and tear on your car can compromise its roadworthiness, so drive carefully.
In a bid to make our roads that little bit safer for road users, Dial Direct Insurance and Trafficare are working with the Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport (GPDRT) on a 12-week pilot project to fill potholes on roads in the Gauteng region. According to Du Chenne, the Pothole Brigade has filled about 100 potholes on the R55 in Kyalami, the R562 in Diepsloot, the R511 on William Nicol and the R114 from the R511 to the N14.
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