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<b>NO-LICENCE TRUCKERS PERIL: </b> Official data shows there are 500 000 technically unlicensed 'professional drivers' hurtling along South African roads. <i>Image: Shutterstock</i>
<b>NO-LICENCE TRUCKERS PERIL: </b> Official data shows there are 500 000 technically unlicensed 'professional drivers' hurtling along South African roads. <i>Image: Shutterstock</i>

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng - Nearly 500 000 professional drivers are operating on South African roads without proper documentation, prompting a severe warning from the Road Traffic Management Corporation and meaning they have no vehicle insurance.

The RTMC says freight and public transport operators (owners) will be held liable for the failure of their drivers to renew their professional driving permits.

Information from the corporation indicates that 433 973 expired professional driving permits existed on the National Traffic Information System on December 31 2014. This figure - a whopping 43.35% of all PrDPs issued.

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