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The Road Traffic Management Corporation says road-users have failed South Africa, not the Transport Department's plan to halve the festive season death toll by 2015.
Spokesperson, Ashref Ismail says in general the plan is working, but people must learn to behave because only 80% of motorists are complying, others are aggressive and hostile.
He was responding to a report in The Star newspaper on Wednesday that the road traffic safety management plan is failing.
The newspaper reported that during the December 2006 - January 2007 festive period, the death toll was 1261.
In 2008, the transport department announced a plan to halve this figure by 2015.
On Monday, the RTMC announced that 1207 people were killed in 1006 accidents since the beginning of December.
