No road is a straight course for ever – intermittently adjust your speed

The speed regulation in every road stretch is often time influenced by geographical lay out of the course way. For that reason, no road can be a straight course for ever. By its design, a road is apt to have physical and stationery hazards whose presence demand a change of attitude from the driver especially in terms of their speed. It has been statistically gathered that other than collision and rear smashes motorists also lose control of their vehicle and have them rolling over. The damage has been fatal in many instances for both the driver and their passengers. In times way out of count people have been left seriously injured and crippled wherein their lives and economy generating capacity HAS BEEN immensely compromised. Sincephetelo MVA Fund has paid in the excess of 100 Million Emalangeni in the rehabilitation, treatment and compensation of clients whose injuries and fatalities came as a result of similar accident where c drivers would have failed to negotiate bends, corners, cambers and cliffs.

TURNING SHARP CORNES

Speeding vehicles have caused collisions that could have been avoidable If they would reduce speed and kept unto their lanes. In the event they over speed, for them to turn, they would encroach the other lane and by extension ramming unto oncoming vehicles. Or they would lose control in which cases their vehicles would veer off the road. In all cases and circumstances the damage to property and injuries fatalities are unavoidable. Speed reduction should be informed not only by the erected road signage but also with the condition and circumstances on the road. The prevalence of traffic that would involve other vehicles, stray livestock and pedestrians yonder the corner would demand one drives even lower than the designated speed. Gravel roads do also have corners be they gentle long or sharp, and with no road marking it is normally to find traffic crowding in one space at a corner because the other one may be corroded and rugged. Accidents have been realising of all levels whereupon life have been lost and bodies crippled all impacted by the fact that drivers have been non complaint with signage and non-compliant with the regulatory speed.

WATCH YOUR SPEED AS YOU APPROACH A CAMBER

Roads especially high ways are designed such that they have an easy drainage system which is called a camber. This part of the road is not flat but constructed and angled in such a way that they stop rain water and snow to puddle on the road surface. Often time, even on a straight course of the road, a driver would lose control of the road because he has run over the camber and have been thrown off balance, that too can be avoidable if drivers were to engage an appropriate speed for each road surface, condition and signage they are confronted with in traffic. Added to that each driver should be cognisant of blind crest where one cannot see over them. There could be a slow moving vehicle or just one stalled yonder. By omission or commission all drivers are guilt as charged. The reduction of speed would save the day and lives for traffic users.

TAKE AWAYS:

• Respect the corners, cambers and blind crests.
• Adjust your speed to manoeuvre safely around a corner.
• Never overtake at a corner and a blind crest.
• Keep to your lane position as you turn a corner.
• Kill your speed or you will be killed or kill someone.