What’s wrong with motorists?

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I live and work in the Weltevreden Park/Allensnek area, and as an estate agent, I walk the roads on a daily basis. I simply cannot believe the level of aggression, poor driving, and just plain bad manners I encounter daily from road users. People barely bother to even yield at a stop sign, most just go tearing through, obviously protected by a higher being.

Drivers, and I use the term loosely, are either totally aggressive or speeding around as though the road belongs to them., to the extent of my being chased around Allensnek by an irate gentleman, who objected to being asked if he knew what “STOP” meant. Alternatively, there are terrified snails who creep along, usually in the right hand lane at 30kph, seemingly oblivious to the extra aggression they are causing behind them.

Accidents, and once again I use the term lightly, happen on a daily basis, and no one (except the tow truck operators) seem to take any notice at all. In the space of two days (4 and 5 September), there were three accidents on Golf Club Terrace, all within a hundred meter stretch. And one on Kastaing Street and Rinyani Avenue, in a so called controlled intersection. On Saturday evening there was a horrific accident on JG Strydom, where a vehicle broken down in the left lane, with a triangle out, was hit from behind by another vehicle, the driver of which was obviously not paying attention!. Just how low has our level of “skill’ dropped that we no longer seem able to obey simple road roles and drive properly with the necessary observance of what is going on around us?

Please people, this is where we live and where we raise our children. Let’s all take a step back, chill out and remember, be the bigger person.

A minute or two spent waiting, letting someone into traffic, will not make any difference to our day!