Legislation will soon make it impossible for left-hand drive cars in SA to be transferred into another person's name, registered and given certificates of roadworthiness - ultimately leading to the end of the road for left-hand drive vehicles in the country.

According to a report in The Independent on Saturday, the national Department of Transport will soon publish this new amendment which, it claims, has been made because it is not safe to drive such a vehicle on SA roads. Sam Monareng, spokesperson for the department, said current regulations allowed the operation on public roads of left-hand drive vehicles that were first registered or licensed before 2000. However, Monareng said the '15th amendment' to the regulation would be published soon and such vehicles would be exempted from being registered in terms of the National Road Traffic Regulations. Alan McNab, who owns two LHD vehicles, said the new rules were 'crazy' and asked how many accidents involving LHD vehicles the department had recorded.
Full report in The Independent on Saturday (subscription needed)