The Hidden Fence

I have already written about it, and you also find a few pictures about South African roads in my gallery, but I read those two articles in “The Citizen” on 24 April that I would like to share with you.

25 KIDS CRAMMED IN STATION WAGON
Cape Town traffic officials discovered 25 schollchildren crammed into a Toyota Cressida station wagon they stopped in a routine check this week, the city’s traffic services division said yesterday.
Spokesman Merle Lourens said the vehicle was stopped on Spine Road, Khayelitsha, on Monday.
“Twenty-five schoolchildren were found squashed inside,” she said.
She said the driver was charged for overloading the vehicle by 10 passengers and for not having a driver’s license.
Fines were also issued because the car was neither licensed nor roadworthy, aand it was suspended from use on public road.
This meant the owner had to take it for an obligatory roadworthy test. (SAPA)

One in two SA drivers fall victim to road rage
South African road rage records indicate that one out of two drivers on South African roads experience aggressive or threatening driving behaviour.
According to a recent survey by Synovate, road rage is South Africa reached a record high of 51% over the last two readings (August 2008 and April 2009).
Even though the record is lower than the 2005 record which put South Africa at the top globally, the results indicate that South African drivers continue to be aggressive on the roads.
The survey says the most common forms of road rage experienced on South African roads are aggressive or threatening driving behaviour or rude gestures and verbal insults. These have been experienced by 51% of the driving population.
Although rude gestures and verbal insults continued to slightly increase in number, the most dangerous from of read rage, physical assault - the use of a weapon - has dropped slightly.
Johannesburg had the highest levels of read rage. But the city has demonstrated a slight decrease in physical assault as a result of road rage from 2,5% to 1,8%.
Cape Town drivers experienced the lowest levels of road rage. Only 4% of drivers got out of their vehicles. In Durban road rage was found to be at a low level, but drivers were reported to settle differences on the road by using physical assault or weapon.
Other road rage behaviours highlighted by the records were the persistent flashing of headlights - experienced by 24% of drivers - and constant hooting - experienced by 25%. (Puleng Mashabane)