South Africa is looking to introduce new speed limits

[krycor]

I say raise the speed limit on certain sections of the highway (the long stretches between towns) to 140km/h and get people off the roads faster. Increased fuel usage, increased income for government. Win win.

People already having head on collisions due to bad overtaking and control of car.. increasing legal speed makes it worse as transgressed speed will be even higher.

 

[diesel]

Instead of coming up with stricter idiotic laws they should focus on getting rid of the corruption in our traffic and licensing departments.

The problem isnt people speeding, the problem is people that buy licences speeding.

 

[DreamKing]

Only a matter of time before they start charging for turning the ignition on. If they were serious about road safety, they'd be trying to curb moving violations. These are hardly punished nowadays.

viva anc ..... viva ......

 

[Milano]

Speeds in residential areas would decrease from 60km/h to 40km/h.

Nooo f**k no

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

Hope they get old Zupta to make the announcement and read out the new speed limits.

 

[xtm]

there is nothing wrong with already perfect law.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

sounds cool to me, i already ride like a granny my bike cruises nicely at 100km/h on the open road

 

[BeerIsNotGood...]

40km/h in a previously 60km/h zone - nah.

I would literally lose my composure.

Once you go past 120..

 

[Eniigma]

Road safety my arse.

How about visible policing to curb reckless driving?

I saw a car turning illegally from the middle lane into another street, literally in front of a metro cop today. Hooted at the cop and asked why he did nothing, looked at me like he had no idea what I was on about. But yeah hey, lets do pointless new laws and re-sign every street and waste more of that tax payers money, I mean they have an infinite supply.

 

[Lucas Buck]

40km/h in a previously 60km/h zone - nah.

I would literally lose my composure.

I already feel mild doses of road rage seeping through my veins when someone slows down traffic driving at 40km/h in a 60km/h zone.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Yeah this only applies to non-taxi drivers

Also not applicable to BMW tailgaters and Fortuner drivers...

 

[Swa]

Yeah let's make new laws when taxis already ignore the existing ones.

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" — Tacitus

 

[TysonRoux]

Road safety my arse.

How about visible policing to curb reckless driving?

Visible policing works in some places, but here the taxis feel forkall for their presence.

 

[Swa]

Visible policing works in some places, but here the taxis feel forkall for their presence.

Because they leave them alone. Too scared to take the buggers on. Our police even run away from people.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Not really sure what the aim of this is because the issue isn't how fast people are driving, it's HOW they are driving.
If you've ever driven the N2 between Cape Town and Wilderness during a school holiday season you'll know that it's people dirving like absolute imbecilles that cause the accidents.

/detects colonial thinking

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

40km/h in a previously 60km/h zone - nah.

I would literally lose my composure.

I've never driven 60 km/h in my life. It is a ridiculous speed...70km/h FTW.

 

[Kornhub]

I've never driven 60 km/h in my life. It is a ridiculous speed...70km/h FTW.

/reports

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I saw a car turning illegally from the middle lane into another street, literally in front of a metro cop today. Hooted at the cop and asked why he did nothing, looked at me like he had no idea what I was on about. But yeah hey, lets do pointless new laws and re-sign every street and waste more of that tax payers money, I mean they have an infinite supply.

there is method in this madness, it shows they are doing "something" with our money,
even if its pointless laws that make no sense to anybody.

 

[Mar Vin]

always doing everything besides what the country needs done....jirrrrr die dose.

 

[flippakitten]

Don't you mean from George up until Plett..............it's absolute chaos

No, that leaves out cowboy country, the stretch between Stillbaai and Mossel Bay. That is by FAR the worst part of the entire journey.