\u2019n Siggestremde inwoner van Worcester is onlangs amper raakgery deur \u2019n bus \u2013 wat volgens ooggetuies doodeenvoudig die padre\u00ebls verontagsaam het. <\/p>\n
Quinten Pendle, \u2019n musiekonderwyser by Pionierskool, het Vrydag 19 Augustus \u2019n groot skok gekry toe hy amper deur die bus getref is.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk was op pad skool toe en gebruik daagliks die voetoorgang in Kerkstraat, reg oorkant Ons Winkel tussen Porter- en Napierstraat. Ek gebruik juis daardie verkeerslig sodat ek nie by \u2019n besige oorgang hoef te sukkel nie. Dit is een van daardie ligte waar jy eers \u2019n knoppie moet druk sodat dit vir jou van rooi na groen verander,\u201d verduidelik hy aan Standard<\/i>. <\/p>\n
Van die oomblik dat jy die knoppie druk, neem dit gewoonlik 5 tot 10 sekondes vir die lig om van kleur te verander. As dit groen is, verander die geluid van die gonser ook wat aandui dat voetgangers maar kan loop. <\/p>\n
\u201cVrydagoggend omstreeks 06:50 wou ek die pad weer daar oorsteek. Toe die gonser aandui dat die lig groen is, het ek begin stap, maar ek het skaars begin loop toe ek \u2019n swaar voertuig hoor aankom, en anders as altyd, hoor ek dat hierdie voertuig nie begin stadiger ry nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Volgens Pendle het die bestuurder verwoed op sy toeter gedruk terwyl hy geskarrel het om terug op die sypaadjie te kom. <\/p>\n
\u201cIntussen het die voertuig gestop, maar die getoet het voortgegaan. Ek het iemand iets onhoorbaar uit die voertuig hoor skree. \u2019n Vrou wat daar verbygeloop het, het toe in die rigting van die swaar voertuig geskreeu \u2018jy sal die man mos doodry!\u2019 Sy het my toe oor die pad vergesel. Ek het gevra of sy dalk \u2019n registrasienommer kan sien, waarop sy negatief geantwoord het, maar het wel ges\u00ea dat dit \u2019n Brandvlei-bus is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Standard <\/i>het na die Brandvlei-gevangenis uitgereik, maar niemand wou inligting verskaf nie. <\/p>\n
Intussen het Nik Wullschleger, \u2019n raadslid van Breedevallei Onafhanklik, \u2019n brief aan die burgemeester gerig waarin gevra word di\u00e9 saak en soortgelyke sake wat al in die verlede bespreek is, moet dringende aandag geniet. Hy s\u00ea sy party het al jare gelede \u2019n mosie ingedien om aandag aan hierdie probleem te gee. Verder eis Wullschleger en talle ander rolspelers in die gemeenskap dat die burgemeester en die verkeersafdeling dringend iets aan die situasie moet doen.<\/p>\n
Die burgemeester, Antoinette Steyn, het aan Standard <\/i>ges\u00ea \u201cnatuurlik is die gemeenskap as \u2019n geheel vir ons baie belangrik. Ons staan bekend as die omgeestad van die land, en daarom is ons blinde voetgangers ook \u2019n prioriteit. Ek het die skrywe ontvang en is teleurgestel in sommige padgebruikers se onvermo\u00eb om respekvol op te tree. Ek gaan na ons wetstoepassers uitreik om te kyk hoe ons sekere brandpunte kan bestuur. Ons sal koppe bymekaar moet sit en kyk wat ons kan doen. Ek weet ons spanne is s\u00f3 ingedeel om \u2019n beduidende verskil te maak \u2013 veral by skole en sekere padkruisings. Ons spanne doen hul bes om oral uit te kom en om sigbaar te wees in gebiede waar di\u00e9 diens nodig is. Ons vat dit nie ligtelik op nie, want elkeen se veiligheid is vir ons \u2019n prioriteit.\u201d <\/p>\n
Pendle beklemtoon motoriste en voetgangers moet net doodgewoon die padre\u00ebls gehoorsaam. Dit is al wat veiligheid kan verseker. <\/p>\n
Hy voel Worcester het in sy geheel meer bewusmaking nodig, veral as dit by siggestremde mense kom.<\/p>\n
\u201cWanneer siggestremde mense mobiliteitslesse ontvang, word ontsettend groot klem by hulle gel\u00ea op verantwoordelikheid en die veilige gebruik van sypaadjies, verkeersligte ensovoorts. Ek dink ook in veral Worcester moet heelwat meer bewusmaking oor siggestremde voetgangers gedoen word.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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