Though the minibus taxi driver is “unequivocally” to blame for the accident that killed 14 schoolchildren this week, accident reconstruction expert Craig Proctor-Parker believes both vehicles probably could have avoided the crash if they had reacted earlier.
“At 21 seconds into the video footage you can see the minibus taxi is already on the wrong side of the road,” he said. “Both the minibus and the truck can already see each other.
“What is notable is that we see a queue of cars. [The minibus driver] is on the wrong side of the road, and it’s not as if he’s just attempting to overtake one car. No other taxis were overtaking, which plays into the driver’s psyche.”
At 26 seconds, both…
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Sleek Assassin
Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”
Swan Mustang
At the end of the school year and a mother asked his son if the exam questions were difficult. And he answers her saying “They weren’t bad at all,” it was the answers that gave me all the trouble.