{"id":214642,"date":"2019-08-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214642\/metro-urges-motorists-to-abide-by-existing-traffic-calming-laws-to-avoid-accidents\/"},"modified":"2019-08-14T13:05:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T11:05:26","slug":"metro-urges-motorists-to-abide-by-existing-traffic-calming-laws-to-avoid-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/14\/metro-urges-motorists-to-abide-by-existing-traffic-calming-laws-to-avoid-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro urges motorists to abide by existing traffic calming laws to avoid accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Webber residents living in Chapman and Whitford roads recently reported three car accidents, in one week, all allegedly due to reckless driving by motorists and lack of sufficient traffic calming measures.<\/p>\n

According resident Nikki Coward, in the first accident a bakkie crashed into their boundary wall. In the second a motorist crashed into an electrical substation, leaving a number of houses without power for several days, while the third accident resulted in a violent confrontation between the two motorists involved.<\/p>

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\u201cThe metro must do something about putting speed bumps or some other traffic calming measures down Chapman and Whitford roads,\u201d Coward said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stop sign was knocked down.<\/p>

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\u201cOur boundary wall was destroyed. It will cost our insurer quite a lot of money to have it rebuilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople using these roads routinely ignore the four-way stop and drive at extremely high speeds down both roads. Someone could be killed,\u201d she said. The GCN contacted the metro for comment.<\/p>\n

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Boundary wall of a home in Chapman Road, Webber, destroyed recently following a car accident in the area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to the public for alerting us of the reckless and negligent driving from motorists in the Klippoortje, Denlee and Webber suburbs,\u201d said Themba Gadebe, spokesperson for the metro.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are three interlinking aspects dealing with the control of traffic on the road system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese aspects are engineering, education and enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe engineering aspect is to design the road for the intended optimum operating speed, have the necessary traffic signs installed on roads where the National Guidelines on Traffic Calming allow.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraffic calming devices may be installed if it is warranted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe education is provided through media reports as envisaged in this query and other platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enforcement is done by the EMPD and other police departments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe engineering aspects are taken care of, as there is a four-way priority stop control implemented at the intersection of Chapman and Whitford roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the metro stated that Chapman and Whitford roads are, however, major roads in the road network, meant for mobility and in terms of the National Guidelines on Traffic Calming.<\/p>\n

Traffic calming measures on such roads are not allowed.<\/p>\n

Therefore, speed humps will not be provided by the metro.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of the National Road Traffic Act, the onus is also on the motorists to adjust the speed they are driving at, according to the prevailing circumstances and if the motorists do not, it results in reckless behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat leaves the community with the last option, which is enforcement of the law to attempt to get the reckless behaviour of motorist under control,\u201d said Gadebe.<\/p>\n

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