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FILE| A PUTCO bus seen parked.
Bus company PUTCO on Monday is hosting a defensive driver training workshop in Dobsonville, Soweto, to prepare over 600 bus drivers for the busy Easter long weekend.
This as major church groups will be using the bus service for their bulk transport needs.
The session at the company’s Dobsonville Depot will focus on road safety with support from the Road Accident Fund, Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and provincial traffic police.
PUTCO’s spokesperson Lindokuhle Xulu says, “From PUTCO perspective, our drivers would already have the necessary qualifications in terms of heavy vehicle operations. So, this is not a training that wants to re-skill them in terms of driving, but it’s a workshop aimed at reminding them of the high-pressure period that we’re about to embark on, and operate in. It’s about reminding them of their training, from an internal point of view but the stakeholders we’re bringing, is to make sure that we give them a sense of what’s happening on the ground – the reality in terms of South African roads, because the stakeholders are ones that have proximity and the experience of what is the latest dangers and trends on South African roads- so as to prepare them.”
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