[VIDEO] – ‘I found a solution’
This sign gets placed in the back of your car where it can easily be spotted
eMalahleni can proudly brag with a genius.
One of our very own residents, Kenneth Mkhonto along with a friend, Nicholas Dinidza came up with a brilliant way to minimize accidents on our roads.
“We decided that we need to raise more awareness regarding road safety,” Kenneth explained.
“No, it shouldn’t just be done before Easter or during the festive season, road safety campaigning should be done all day every day,” he further said.
So with the goal of campaigning all day and every day, Kenneth and Nicholas started to brainstorm.
After some planning and well sorted through ideas, they came up with something that is pure genius.
“We invented the Road Messenger System.”
It is an easy and hassle free way to educate people about road safety and the general laws of the road.
“You don’t even have to do anything, you simply connect it to your car and you are good to go,” Kenneth explained.
The Road Messenger System is a digital, rectangular shaped box that gets connected to your vehicle.
Once the key is in the ignition, the digital sign gets switched on.
It then throws out messages like ‘Don’t drink and drive.’
This sign gets placed in the back of your car where it can easily be spotted.
It also has a voice system, almost like a GPS that reads the messages of safety out loud.
“96% of accidents that occur are due to human behaviour and misconduct of the rules of the road,” Kenneth said.
“So we decided that the only way to minimize the amount of accidents happening is to educate the drivers and passengers in the vehicles.
“This system does not discriminate, it is always there, wherever you go, it will be there.”
Kenneth and Nicholas are working close with TUT and the Local Taxi Association with regards to funding for the manufacturing of this product.
Allegedly Kenneth and Nicholas have been trying to get hold of the minister of transport since June 2016 to introduce their idea to him, but with no luck.
“We have also written a letter to the municipality of Emalahleni to launch this, but no response has been received, it’s been more than six weeks,” he stated.
The aim is to launch this messenger system here in eMalahleni.
Anyone can purchase a messenger system and hook it up to their vehicles.
“This is a great way to educate people about road safety and at the same time to combat the war against bad human behaviour on the roads,” Kenneth concluded.
