Change attitude to curb road carnage - MVAF chief
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Officially opening the Southern Region Road Safety Campaign in Kanye on Saturday, Kgosidiile said most of the accidents are due to bad attitude by road users.
"We can educate both at driving schools and in campaigns like this one but it is important that people change their behaviour on roads. Speed limits are not obeyed and road signs continue to be ignored, as some motorists run through red robots," he said.Kgosidiile said that while driving schools should strive to produce competent drivers, it was crucial that individual drivers behave responsibly to curb the road carnage.
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