Vital Life Skills for South African Drivers: How to Safely Navigate Mzansi’s Roads as a Pedestrian

• South African pedestrians need to be aware of the dangers on the country's roads
• Road safety organisation Arrive Alive says between 35% and 40% of roads death in South Africa are pedestrians
• MasterDrive CEO Eugene Herbert offers advice for drivers on how to drive carefully when pedestrians are in the vicinity

It's important for all road users to respect one another as there are many risks, particularly for pedestrians.

According to road safety organisation Arrive Alive, between 35% and 40% of road deaths in South Africa are pedestrians.

According to Motorpress, MasterDrive CEO Eugene Herbert offers a simple piece of advice for motorists to slightly tweak their driving behaviour to make the environment safer for pedestrians.

Herbert said:

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"Pedestrians always have right of way. Even if a pedestrian does something wrong, it is your responsibility to avoid colliding with them and for motorists to immediately slow down around schools or areas where children are likely to be present and expect the unexpected. Children are not road savvy."

South African women drivers are better than men, data suggests

Briefly News reported that South African female drivers are better than men when it comes to harsh driving style and vehicle impacts.

The company honed in on four areas: vehicle impacts, harsh braking, harsh acceleration, and harsh cornering among its female and male clients. The result was that women were superior to men in every area.

Netstar describes vehicle impacts as including hitting potholes, pavements, or other vehicles. The data shows that 1.3% of the total number of the telematics company's female clients were involved in vehicle impacts in comparison to 1.4% for men.

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Female drivers also performed better in the harsh braking, harsh acceleration and harsh cornering, with 13.2% of women compared to 18.8% of men judged to have performed worse.

Source: Briefly News