“Baningi kakhulu abantu abangawafakile amabhande, ikakhulukazi abagibeli bezitulo ezingemuva.”
IZINDABA KAZWELONKE NAMAVIDIYO - Bangama-40% kuphela abashayeli baseNingizimu Afrika abafaka amabhande ezihlalo.
Lesi sibalo esishaqisayo, ngokusho kwebamba lomqondisi wezokugcinwa komthetho wezomgwaqo esifundazweni, uNathan Arendse, nomthelela omkhulu ekufeni kwabantu emigwaqeni yethu.
“Baningi kakhulu abantu abangawafakile amabhande ikakhulukazi abagibeli abangemuva,” kusho u-Arendse.
“Isibonelo, abantu abasha abathathu bakhishwe bafa engozini enyantisayo eyenzeke ku-N2 [ngaseCape Town] muva nje. Ubufakazi buthi bebengawafakile amabhande futhi bathole imihuzuko yesibili, okuhlanganisa nokushayiswa imoto ebidlula. Ngonyaka odlule, izingozi zezimoto zabulala abantu abangu-1 319. Kulo nyaka sesivele siku-197.”
Ubani okufanele abophe ibhande?
Ngokusho komphathi wezokuxhumana nomphakathi kwa-Automobile Association (AA), uLayton Beard, kuyimpoqo ukuthi wonke umuntu ongaphakathi emotweni abophe ibhande. Ngisho nabagibeli esihlalweni esingemuva.
“Kuwumthetho ukuthi wonke umuntu abophe ibhande. Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emithathu kufanele zihlale esihlalweni semoto ngemuva. Basebaningi kakhulu abazali abahamba nezingane zabo emathangeni noma abavumela izingane zabo ezisacathula ukuba zime emotweni ngenkathi beshayela.
“Ngokuvamile abazali banomuzwa wokuthi kulungile ukuba ingane ibe semathangeni noma igone, kodwa lokhu akusizi uma kuphahlazeka ngenxa yamandla [amandla adonsela phansi] ahilelekile.
“Akekho umzali noma ngabe unamandla kangakanani ozokwazi ukubamba ingane yakhe ivele iqonde ngewindi.
“Kufanele kube yinto yesibili ukungena nokubopha izintambo nabazali kufanele babe yisibonelo,” esho.
I-Toyota Etios ekufanisweni kokuphahlazeka.
Izingozi nabantu ababophanayo
Inhloko yomnyango wezokuhlukumezeka esibhedlela iRed Cross Children’s Hospital, uSolwazi Sebastian van As, uthe uma kwenzeka ingozi yemoto bese ingane ilahlelwa ngaphandle maningi amathuba okuthi ingane ife.
“Ukuhlukumezeka kubulala abantu abaningi abaneminyaka engaphansi kuka-18 kunanoma yisiphi isifo. Iningi labashonayo ngabahamba ngezinyawo, kodwa isibalo sesibili ngezingane ezilahlwa ngaphandle kwezimoto,” usho kanje.
Ngokusho kwakhe izingane ezixegayo emotweni zijwayele ukukhishelwa ngaphandle bese zifana nemicibisholo. Uma ingane isesihlalweni esingemuva futhi imoto ima kungazelelwe lapho kuphahlazeka, ingane iba yi-projectile ekwazi ukunquma amakhanda abantu abahlezi ngaphambili.
Buka ukuthi kwenzekani uma ungalifakile ibhande lesihlalo:
Owezokuxhumana kwa-ER24, uRussel Meiring, uphinde wagcizelela ukubaluleka kokubopha ibhande.
“Ukubopha ibhande ngaso sonke isikhathi kubaluleke kakhulu. Ngisho noma uzungeza i-block. Ngisho noma uzibona ungumshayeli omkhulu.
“Izingozi zingenzeka noma nini. Ukubopha ibhande kuyinto elula kakhulu futhi engasindisa impilo. Nokho, abantu bakhetha ukungakunaki lokhu.”
Buka imiphumela yokushayela ngaphandle kwebhande lesihlalo:
Buka ukuthi kwenzekani uma izingane zingaboshiwe:
Uthe, uma abantu bengawafakile amabhande ngesikhathi kuphahlazeka isivinini esikhulu, bangakhishwa kalula emotweni noma bangene ngamakhanda kuwindi lomoya.
Isifuba kanye/noma imilenze yabantu ingaphahlazeka kudeshibhodi futhi abagibeli abangazibambeli ngemuva bangajikijelwa besuka emotweni.
Chofoza lapha ukuze ubuke amanye amavidiyo.
* I-Global New Car Assessment Programme (Ncap) kanye ne-AA yaseNingizimu Afrika isanda kwethula ukuhlolwa kokuqala okuzimele kokuphahlazeka kwezinye zezimoto ezihlangene nezincane ezidumile eNingizimu Afrika.
Imiphumela yokufaneleka kokuphahlazeka yezimoto ezinhlanu ezihloliwe ibonisa ukusebenza okubanzi kokuphepha, kusukela ezinkanyezini ezine kuye kweziyiqanda ukuze kuvikelwe abantu abadala, ngezilinganiso eziphansi kakhulu ezibonisa amathuba aphezulu okulimala okusongela ukuphila engozini yomgwaqo.
Funda kabanzi ngalokhu kanye nomthetho wokugqoka amabhande eNingizimu Afrika ngezansi:
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