South Africa, Nov. 10 -- A hard-hitting truth on our roads

If the driver were to hit the brakes on any surface, never mind the oily and rain-slick roads which are the norm at this time of year, that truck would become an unguided missile, bound to kill some innocents.

Hopefully, the "no more Mr Nice Guy" approach by the government, through the Aarto (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offence) legislation will start to make a difference by holding both drivers and companies accountable for such a state of affairs.

The driver I saw would be fined and get "demerit" points on his licence - and if those hit 15, he would lose that document and have to go through the whole process of requalifying.

The company wouldn't be able to ig...