THE Road Accident Fund (RAF) will spray livestock with reflective paint to increase visibility at night.
Accidents involving cattle, skape and other domestic animals are common and to avoid the danger, the RAF is using the measure of high-visibility reflective to save lives.
The organisation is trained youths across the country to assist it with its road safety campaign in various communities, especially in areas where they are located close to busy roads.
A total of 173 out-of-school and unemployed youth across South Africa have been trained as part of the RAF’s Comprehensive Road Safety Programme.
The youth will assist school learners in crossing the roads in the mornings and afternoons; spray livestock with reflective paint to increase visibility at night; cut vegetation that is growing on the sidewalks and educate learners about road safety to save the lives of road users in their communities.
The Fund launched the programme in August 2023, focusing on communities living closer to roads with the highest road accident fatalities to reduce road crashes and influence safer road use.
The initiative involved school competitions, edutainment, industrial theatre production, and youth dialogues aimed at increasing road safety awareness by learners and empowering the youth to become road safety ambassadors.
Participating youth are also enrolled in an ongoing Youth Driver Development Programme, where they are provided with free training and assisted to receive a learner and driving license as well as a Professional Driving Permit.