Comments on: Why do South Africans hate pedestrians?

By: Carlo

Carlo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:28:28 +0000

I must say, what you are saying is very true and I had a ball reading this, cause its realy funny, but true.

By: Grant W

Grant W — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:48:41 +0000

Jeez, you lucky you didn’t try cycling! Coupled with the need to hunt pedestrians, SA drivers are also locked into a relentless genocide pact against cyclists. They run them down and crush them like little squishy grapes.

Look, road cyclists look like dorks of the first degree and vaguely resemble those ‘vokken prawns’ off the bike…but to wipe them out completely? I had to take up mountain biking to stay alive. Says a lot when hurling down a mountain completely out of control is safer than riding down to the shop on a flat city street.

But pedestrians, I aim at them too…bastards.

By: Pedestrian Comment

Pedestrian Comment — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:40:07 +0000

Mate – you got it all wrong. It isn’t pedestrians that motorists want to kill – it’s joggers!
But seriously – one of my favourites is showing visitors from the States the 5l bokswyne with “Dont drink and walk in the road – you may be killed” on them.

By: p

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:34:29 +0000

Dear old May, lighten up, sometimes it’s nice just to relax the old cheeks into a laugh and a smile, does wonders for the pc frown lines you know…

By: Sbu

Sbu — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:46:07 +0000

Culling Alcoholics, oh capetonians. Yap also the Gipsy n the lots of dutbin too don’t care for pedestrians.

It comes from the ‘better-than’ mentality; if its not r*ci-nonsense its xeno-nonsense.
South Africans, just have too much pride thats all. Proving a point to each other. I think liberalisation sucks.

Only in SA, go west or even east of Africa where majority walks or ride in motrocycles than driving cars and notice the difference.
True to irony, but its only at Mzanzi, and we are 4sho!

By: dagmar

dagmar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:49:10 +0000

it doesn’t matter what the pedestrians do, it’s a matter of being civilized.

By: MLH

MLH — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:59:44 +0000

Oh, and BTW, dear Thought Leader editors, today you posted quite a few good blogs. They were enjoyable reading, none too hysterical and neatly varied. Do it again sometime. Do it again often Please…There are times when the tripe on these pages is utter rubbish. It gets everyone’s backs up and makes us all hate each other. Especially bad if our blood pressure is up or we’ve just arrived home and are filled with road rage. Today is what life should be about…a good substitute for the public library, without the queues.

By: MLH

MLH — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:53:31 +0000

It’s those chaps that cross the freeways; they certainly give us a run for our money!
I have always believed the road safety nuts should teach that the roads belong to cars and the pavements to pedestrians, but they tell me that most townships have no pavements, so the message would be lost!
In Durban, you’d drive a long way to find a single fellow driver who actually knows what a four-way stop is and how to treat it. Since our traffic lights hardly ever work (thanks, Mike) you can imagine how hard the pedestrians find crossing at intersections here.
We’ve just had a huge campaign of stripping and repainting robot poles. They all look so pretty. Pity the lights at the top don’t twinkle…at least we know the municipality is doing its bit to save electricity.
The arrogance of some pedestrians is tempting, which is exactly what they mean it to be!

By: Hugh

Hugh — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:02 +0000

As a driver, my biggest fear is that I will encounter a pedetrian like myself!

By: chris2

chris2 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:00 +0000

I do not know whether traffic mores in CT have evolved with time, but many decades ago, before pedestrian robots were introduced, motorists in the city would roar away from a robot and turn left at full bore without a thought for the pedestrians that wanted to cross on green. The latter learned the hard way that self-preservation dictated that they cross against red! The Northern cities beyond the Vaal were much better in this one small respect – there pedestrians could generally cross at robots according to the law, except that they had to be wary of.motorists entering a crossing long after the lights had turned against them.