simonkabz wrote:Saturday. Doing 150kph. I nearly landed a Dmax in a ditch! Speed kills. Rem, at high speeds, braking efficiency is severely compromised. Great care when cruising on wet tarmac. I flinch at the sight of young masters zooming away in wet conditions. Many are oblivious to a condition called AQUAPLANING.
Simon, the confession above confirms what the greatest problem on our roads is. You think it's okay to do 150kph (ostensibly because you believe you are experienced and its not okay for "younger" drivers to do the same).
I remember once being driven at speeds of 120kph by a driver who was using a certain road for the first time. Prior use or none, the winding nature and narrow width of the road was enough reason for any rational mortal to cruise at sub 80kph. I told the guy to slow dowm and all he said was "Relax man, I'm in control". Five minutes later, I saw a pack of bumps..and then a pothole on our lane. This guy didn't see but my instincts told me not to warn him because of the panic I would have caused. There was loud screeching...and then a swerve to avoid the pothole. The oncoming land cruiser's driver only choice was to swerve off the road to avoid mangling the paper-like toyota we were in.
Sadly, there are too many of these "confident" drivers on our roads, yet they die everyday, killing and maiming others in the process.
The combination of mutumba "toyotas" and the Class E driving licence is somewhat worse than HIV if you think about it.