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Pedestrian mowed down by taxi driving in the wrong lane
- Thread starter Ecco
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It's not the driver's skill that is in question here. It's the complete lack of road rules.
I never claimed only black people are doing this, so no idea what nonsense you are trying to highlight. I said, the VAST MAJORITY doing this are black drivers. First the taxi goes and then everyone falls in. I would guess at about 1/20 is a driver of another skin colour.
I never claimed only black people are doing this, so no idea what nonsense you are trying to highlight. I said, the VAST MAJORITY doing this are black drivers. First the taxi goes and then everyone falls in. I would guess at about 1/20 is a driver of another skin colour.
its actually worse now, as many people that spent their lives driving in taxis, now get a car, and drive their car like a taxi.
gives credence to the fact that one learns road manners by who you saw driving mostly when you were younger.
so if you "imprinted" on a taxi, chances are you will drive like a taxi with your own car.
if you "imprinted" on "grandad" you'll still drive 70 in the fast lane and hog up the road.
if you "imprinted" on your boy racer brother/sister/uncle/aunt, chances are you will drive that way when you get a car of your own.
I think road rules and respect for them forms the first time you traveling in a vehicle.
whether that's in a bus or car, taxi or motorbike.
gives credence to the fact that one learns road manners by who you saw driving mostly when you were younger.
so if you "imprinted" on a taxi, chances are you will drive like a taxi with your own car.
if you "imprinted" on "grandad" you'll still drive 70 in the fast lane and hog up the road.
if you "imprinted" on your boy racer brother/sister/uncle/aunt, chances are you will drive that way when you get a car of your own.
I think road rules and respect for them forms the first time you traveling in a vehicle.
whether that's in a bus or car, taxi or motorbike.
correct, if you use the broken K53 system and train taxi drivers to drive like taxi drivers do,
then obviously your going to impart that knowledge to others, hence "imprint" them.
same thing if you spent your entire life driving in a taxi as a passenger, and seeing them use the emergency lane as a personal lane,
when you'll get a car, you'll do the same, even though its illegal.
then obviously your going to impart that knowledge to others, hence "imprint" them.
same thing if you spent your entire life driving in a taxi as a passenger, and seeing them use the emergency lane as a personal lane,
when you'll get a car, you'll do the same, even though its illegal.
My point is it all depends on the where and when. Nearly all the stop sign skippers in my areas are white - but I think that's just because there are more of them in cars in the area, it doesn't mean I can draw conclusions. SA drivers in general are kark drivers. There are those road side crosses of white people who got killed in accidents, again means f'all. Just that we're terrible, impatient, angry people the lot of us.
Don't give us all the credit. There is also a complete lack of law enforcement, so folks just flat-out do what they want because they can.
Sipho drives down the wrong side of the road because nobody stops him and Piet illegally dumps building rubble in the veld because nobody stops him either. Eventually everybody is just doing what they want because the other guy does it and viola, you have South Africa 2018.
K@k attitudes yes, but nobody is keeping us in line either.
Sipho drives down the wrong side of the road because nobody stops him and Piet illegally dumps building rubble in the veld because nobody stops him either. Eventually everybody is just doing what they want because the other guy does it and viola, you have South Africa 2018.
K@k attitudes yes, but nobody is keeping us in line either.
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