South Africa's roads are among the most dangerous in the world, with around 12,000 people tragically losing their lives each year to road carnage. This has fuelled recent calls to revisit the K53 ...

In South Africa, "K53" refers to the standardised driving test, which was first introduced in the 1980s and became the system for obtaining a driver's license. The K53 includes both a written ...

Anyone who has interacted with the K53 driving test system, be it as an instructor, learner or tester, has had much to say about how terrible it is. The yard test has no basis, pushing learners to ...

This has fuelled recent calls to revisit the K53 driving licence test in South Africa, with many suggesting a significant improvement in driver training and testing is needed in light of the low ...