The festive season is upon us; here's how to stay safe on the roads 🚗 StaySafe SARoads
The festive season is upon us, and it is usually around this time of the year that there are a lot of accidents on the road.Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula called on South Africans to be more vigilant on the road.
“We also called upon South Africans to observe and obey the rules of the road and behave in a manner that would save life and limb,” he said in a statement released earlier this year.Speed kills. It is reported that inappropriate speed is responsible for close to 30% of all fatal road crashes. That is because it's harder to control a vehicle at higher speeds and this increases the likelihood of a crash.
When a car is speeding and hits a pedestrian, the impact will also be much greater and chances of injury or even death will be increased.
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