13 children killed in Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash

[Confucius]

Seems like a very unfortunate but common occurrence where innocent people die and the suspect/whatever-you-want-to-call-him/her survive. I watch quite a lot of Midwest Safety on YouTube and it's crazy what a person will do to escape the police, kill people and some how survive in the end.

I wonder if the driver decided to swerve right so that he would not have gotten hit. From the videos, it seems like the other taxis made way for him. Looks like 1 even went off the road to give him way.

 

[Confucius]

A few days back I had something different but similar. Truck blocked half the road (not my side). I see bakkie and it arrived before me so I flash lights and let them through first. We exchange waves and all is good. I start to pull forward and another car comes from the opposite direction and despite the fact that I was already driving forward on my side of the road and closer to the truck it pulls onto my side and strangely we meet. I signal for him to fuck right off and reverse and you can see he's upset (waving arms in the car) that I didn't stop my car and wait for him to use my side of the road. I'm honestly not sure you can reason with that level of entitlement and stupidity.

Yeah. Thats freaking annoying when there’s an obstruction on the oncoming lane and people feel entitled to just cut into oncoming traffic and decide to get all wavey because I didn’t stop.

 

[J37]

I wonder if the driver decided to swerve right so that he would not have gotten hit. From the videos, it seems like the other taxis made way for him. Looks like 1 even went off the road to give him way.

Not sure. I think its easy to sit here after the fact, watch the video and say this person should've done this and that person should've done that. Sure there was more than enough time for the taxi to re-merge into his own lane... None of this would've happened if the taxi driver ensured it was safe to pass before he moved into opposing traffic. The blatant law-breaking driving style that taxis use daily isn't worrying because it just happened, but worrying because all future taxi drivers adopt the same driving style. Entitlement, stupidity and complete lack of common sense is so abundant.

 

[gavin286]

I wonder if the driver decided to swerve right so that he would not have gotten hit. From the videos, it seems like the other taxis made way for him. Looks like 1 even went off the road to give him way.

This is also the result of inexperienced drivers on the roads. Too often do I see some twat with a big fat red L on the back window that can't even change gears or pull off from a stop street, yet they've just arrived at the junction from the highway offramp. No fucking clue how to drive, let alone follow the basic rules of the road by sticking in their own lane. Blows your mind how inconsequential actual driving can become to these idiots.

 

[Frana.MaintainingTheBluff]

Not sure. I think its easy to sit here after the fact, watch the video and say this person should've done this and that person should've done that. Sure there was more than enough time for the taxi to re-merge into his own lane... None of this would've happened if the taxi driver ensured it was safe to pass before he moved into opposing traffic. The blatant law-breaking driving style that taxis use daily isn't worrying because it just happened, but worrying because all future taxi drivers adopt the same driving style. Entitlement, stupidity and complete lack of common sense is so abundant.

+ all these fuicking scum partrents driving the same way with the kiddies in the back

15 years and those offspring are on these same roads

 

[TheJudge]

+ all these fuicking scum partrents driving the same way with the kiddies in the back

15 years and those offspring are on these same roads

I had the old "nervous" driver in front of me today. She would hit the brakes as soon as there was a decision to be made. Two lanes ahead... brake... decide which lane... accelerate. Oh no, a straight road but someone at a stop for a side road... brake... crawl past stop... accelerate. Turning right at a robot controlled intersection with no oncoming vehicles... brake... slowly turn with traffic backed up behind her.

 

[RVixen]

It makes sense why taxi went (his) right, because driver is on the safer side... Truck driver wants taxi return to his lane :/

 

[J37]

It makes sense why taxi went (his) right, because driver is on the safer side...

This would imply that the taxi driver is a quick thinker. The fact that he was in that position in the first place makes me think he hasn't thought of anything in his life.

I've said it before.

Ahhh he is a "do now, think later" kinda guy. Africa has many of those.

 

[Confucius]

To be fair though, between a reckless taxi driver and an inexperienced driver that just got their license, I would feel a little more comfortable with a taxi driver.

Anyone remember that less than 3 months ago, 20 people died in 1 week from taxi accidents. No one really remembers though, except the families that lost someone.

In a month, even this will be forgotten.

And here we have taxis and taxi associations harassing the public for having passengers in cars. Spoke to an uber driver last week and he was harassed for taking his wife and child to the mall. Pulled him out of his car and wanted him to pay. Government should be taking to court for doing F all about this.

 

[Sageofchaos]

How do you regulate ±300,000 taxi drivers if they aren't bothered by the justice system or law enforcement?

Do they even have a (convenient) complaints system (not a taxi-rank side-office where it is filed with pen and paper) for members of the public to accuse or report reckless driving?

The public need to able to report a Taxi's registration number, and know that there will be repercussions after the fact that it was reported. Whether the taxi belongs to a union or not. Exactly how Uber has a rating and review system.

Mageza taxi drivers are the first to instigate protest against "injustice" and "unfair competition" but none of them obey any regulations or adhere to some sort of standard (both driver experience and vehicle condition). There are no effective, immediate repercussions to their actions. I'm not saying all taxi drivers drive recklessly, I've been in many roadside situations where a taxi was the first to be willing to assist in any way they can. But it's the rest of them that give the whole show a bad name, which is unfortunately how association works.

If the public could, at a glance, look up a driver's reputation beforehand, and then decide whether they would want to trust this specific driver and his/her steel coffin with their lives, they at least have the choice of this driver or that driver...

Not to mention regulating rates and fares. Because this also seems to be all over the show.

 

[Spaffy]

How do you regulate ±300,000 taxi drivers if they aren't bothered by the justice system or law enforcement?



The public need to able to report a Taxi's registration number,

Cape Town did a "blue dot" thing a while back where they had trackers in the taxis and you could report the taxis easier by just the number in the blue dot. They also provided driver training etc.
It worked very well but it was expensive to run and the program was scrapped.

WC government scraps Blue Dot taxi programme

Santo has urged the provincial government to reconsider its decision to terminate a programme that benefited over 800 minibus taxis

iol.co.za

 

[-Shaun-]

A black cloth so that he can't see it coming? The kids saw their fates coming, he should too

Nope. The black cloth is for him to stand and wait with fear for hours wondering when the bullets will hit.