I had a case the other day where a driver overtook me across a solid white line going around a blind corner (while i was driving and slowing down for a stop sign i new was coming up 20-30m later). He went through the stop sign/junction without stopping and sped up the street going maybe 80/100kph in a 50 zone. About 500 meters later he had parked and was talking to someone in front of his house - i stopped and wound down the window to ask him what he was thinking and he immediately got aggressive, told me to f off and that he was running late. I had my wife in the car so didn't want to put her in danger but took his car licence plate details and drove off. I've reported it to the arrive safely / road awareness hotline but not sure what they can do. If a car (or cyclist) was coming the other way its another tragedy with little repercussions on the driver at fault. The thing that stuck out for me was that its just general impatience from drivers that causing these "accidents". Until there's more awareness and drivers are held accountable its going to be more of the same every week. The truck driver probably didn't wake up this morning wanting to kill or injure a cyclist and this could be seen as an accident - and they might be having a very tough time now trying to process that. However the message needs to get across to drivers that if they hit cyclists (especially in the western cape where there is a 1m rule), they are at fault/liable and responsible for the death/injury of someone. And punishment needs to be severe enough to scare people into thinking twice before getting impatient and taking risks. Jail time and liable for costs/recovery. Saying all this i feel like we have the exact same thread every bloody accident.
