{"id":41994,"date":"2024-12-05T06:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/opinion-lets-stop-risking-our-lives-and-drive-safely-20241205\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:19:43","slug":"opinion-lets-stop-risking-our-lives-and-drive-safely-20241205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/opinion-lets-stop-risking-our-lives-and-drive-safely-20241205\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Let\u2019s stop risking our lives and drive safely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the people have already started going to their vacations to see their loved ones during the festive season. I\u2019m pleading to all the drivers to be patient on the road and understand that speed kills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They must stop risking people\u2019s lives because they want to meet the target or arrive on time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t see the reason for long-distance drivers, particularly taxi and bus drivers, not to take a rest when they are tired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government needs to enforce a law to taxi owners to have two drivers in a taxi to assist each other on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driving from Cape Town to the Eastern Cape is not a child\u2019s play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many people who lost their lives on those roads. Most of the drivers do not have sufficient time to rest and they get tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They need to resist consuming energy drinks while they are driving, based on the perception that they will energise their bodies. We don\u2019t need any more road accidents this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enough is enough. 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