Jay walking in South Africa

bmw virgin · Post by **bmw virgin** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:06 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zr8DS72ucA

joylove · Post by **joylove** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:35 pm

That guy looked really really drunk.

lorenzo61 · Post by **lorenzo61** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:51 pm

but who was even more drunk driving

drewjak · Post by **drewjak** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:12 am

That just sums SA up, its funny untill the driver gets out and puts the boot in

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:55 am

Sums SA up in my experience

I dreaded being in any road accident when I was working out there.

Those taxi drivers (that's what those minibuses are) don't give a flying fig about anyone else on the road. The number of road accidents caused by those morons is quite incredible as they are effectively unregulated and drive until they drop...plus MAN can they drink! Christmas-time in SA is like a scene from a horror movie, with corpses everywhere by the roadsides as the number of long-distance journies goes through the roof; along with the accident rate.

B10BRW · Post by **B10BRW** » Sun May 13, 2012 9:00 pm

Looks like a normal SA street scene.
In the 3 weeks we were there for Christmas, over 1200 road deaths in Kwazulu Natal province alone

.
Not surprising really, with the amount of folk hitch hiking on the Motorway

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:04 pm

B10BRW wrote:Not surprising really, with the amount of folk hitch hiking on the Motorway

..and driving in the pitch-dark with their lights off to conserve the battery

Closest near-death experience I have ever had

and two of my work colleagues were killed by a tanker driver in similar circumstances. Terrible place to be a driver.

B10BRW · Post by **B10BRW** » Mon May 14, 2012 1:40 am

Shame about the driving, I found the locals really friendly

No smutty jokes please

Came across this truck, saw it tip over in the rear view mirror

Around the Cape and the Garden route the roads were great and driving fine.
Once you get around Durban all hell breaks loose