Road safety - years behind
Discussion
There have a been several stories in the news regarding road incidents - as is usual during the Christmas and Easter holidays - which really have made me think that road safety campaigns over the years really have not brought SA out of the 3rd world.
Dad cries over body of dead girl, 3
The Robberts family was in the Cape Winelands on holiday when their car crashed into a tractor, reported Volksblad.
Franché Robberts, his wife Mariska, their sons Stefan and Morné as well as their nanny, Paulina Nigget, were not seriously injured in the accident.
But Mia, the 3-year-old who was sitting on her mother’s lap at the time of the accident, was killed.
Man trying to cross highway hit by car
A man in his twenties died after trying to cross the N2 north near Ballito, paramedics said on Friday.
Most certainly not an isolated incident!
Why, after all the years of having road safety messages rammed down our throats in SA, are road users still so oblivious of the dangers? I can only assume it's a "can't happen to me" attitude.
Nothing more than a meandering mind this morning, and sorrow felt for that poor, innocent child and her family.
Dad cries over body of dead girl, 3
The Robberts family was in the Cape Winelands on holiday when their car crashed into a tractor, reported Volksblad.
Franché Robberts, his wife Mariska, their sons Stefan and Morné as well as their nanny, Paulina Nigget, were not seriously injured in the accident.
But Mia, the 3-year-old who was sitting on her mother’s lap at the time of the accident, was killed.
Man trying to cross highway hit by car
A man in his twenties died after trying to cross the N2 north near Ballito, paramedics said on Friday.
Most certainly not an isolated incident!
Why, after all the years of having road safety messages rammed down our throats in SA, are road users still so oblivious of the dangers? I can only assume it's a "can't happen to me" attitude.
Nothing more than a meandering mind this morning, and sorrow felt for that poor, innocent child and her family.
RS1952, it sounds like you're an apologist for the average South African motorist and the lack of respect for the law or acceptable driving standards.
When you have the number of deaths seen on the roads, the "when in Rome" argument just does not wash with me. If that level of driving helped to prevent collisions, injury or death, I could begin to understand it. But it doesn't. It's those driving standards which result in the statistics we see.
When you have the number of deaths seen on the roads, the "when in Rome" argument just does not wash with me. If that level of driving helped to prevent collisions, injury or death, I could begin to understand it. But it doesn't. It's those driving standards which result in the statistics we see.
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