LETTER: Driving no walk in the park anymore
Being a road user for the past 50 years plus, I have noticed some changes, not just the amount of additional drivers on the roads, but in the way they are driving.
André writes:
It is always a pleasure to find a copy of Rekord in our box. Great articles, some good and some not so good (more concerned news) messages are passed on to a magnitude of readers.
My concern is one of “the not so good” messages, but a very important one.
Travelling on the roads nowadays is very challenging. Being a road-user for the past 50 years plus, I have noticed some changes in the road users. Not just the number of additional drivers on the roads, but the way they drive. The arrogance of some of the users behind the wheel, the way they react when confronted and then the signs and language coming from them is something out of this world.
Maybe I need to go and have my driver’s licence checked, together with the all-new K55 driver’s test. There were a number of changes done since I earned my licence. Just some of the changes that I have noticed:
– You don’t have to abide by the arrows painted on the road surface (compulsory left or right turn). You can just go straight. Even better if you force your way into the traffic.
– Red robots don’t mean anything. You can just go through as fast as you can without any problems, or if you drive a taxi, you don’t have to wait for the green light, that is just a colour. Drive through.
– Emergency lanes are for any vehicle, you don’t have to abide by the rules of the road.
– Indicators seem to be an additional option on vehicles.
– Flashing lights are used for notifying other road users that they are on the road, no real reason.
– Every person now has a “L” in the window. Seems to be a lot of learner drivers on the road with a vehicle full of people giving the driver instructions.
The above are just a few changes in the K55 booklet. If this has not changed, maybe we need to employ some non-corrupted traffic officials who can fine the so-called traffic violators and collect some money to pay for repairs to our roads.
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