With South Africa's roads claiming around 12,000 lives annually, calls are being made to reassess the K53 driving licence test. IOL asked three driving experts to weigh in on the matter.

South Africa’s K53 learner’s and driver’s licence test programme itself is not the reason why the country’s drivers are among the worst in the world. Instead, government incompetence and ...

Road safety advocate Rob Handfield-Jones argues that South Africa should reform the K53 system to better reflect real-world driving conditions, rather than abandoning it entirely.

It made me realise how quickly driving becomes a habit — a muscle-memory process we actually don’t give much thought to — and just how inadequate and pointless the K53 driving test is.