The recently released Easter crash figures which showed that Easter road deaths increased to 235 (from 187 in 2016), coupled with the Bronkhorstspruit crash which occurred on 21 April 2017 on the R25 on the border between Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces highlight the huge task that we face as we try to curb the road carnage on our roads. The Bronkhorstspruit crash is particularly horrendous considering that 18 of the 20 fatalities in that crash were schoolchildren on their way home from school. Ironically, the Bronkhorstspruit crash (which claimed the lives of children from Refano Primary School and Mahlenga Secondary School) occurred on the same day that the Easter crash statistics were released. While not suggesting that speed was the cause for the Bronkhorstspruit crash, it is noteworthy that speeding (together with overloading) were the main offences committed by motorists over the Easter weekend with a total of 1 730 motorists being caught and fined for speeding across the country. Continue reading “Time to speed up the implementation of traffic calming measures as we commemorate the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week (8-14 May 2017)”