I have to wonder, why on Earth is the metro no longer putting barricades or some kind of warning sign around large potholes, where they have dug up the road, or where they are busy fixing something?
Some kind of warning will, indeed, be most welcome.
I was nearly in an accident on the morning of November 17, because of the lack of such warning signs.
I was driving at around 3.45am, along Jones Road, towards Emperors Palace. A Toyota Yaris was slightly ahead of me in the right hand land. Our speed at that time was about the same, and we were going faster than the normal speed limit – this I confess.
As we were both heading up Jones Road, I suddenly noticed this black patch in front of me (which was a huge pothole), and the Yaris swerved to the right (probably to miss the sand heap) while I also swerved, to avoid the hole, but then I hit the heap of sand.
Luckily I was driving a Colt, otherwise the impact would have been horrendous. Still, I literally went airborne.
I landed in the oncoming lane. Fortunately I managed to control the vehicle and no oncoming traffic was heading my way.
This could have been a very serious accident, because the municipality had failed to warn motorists of the pothole and the sand heap, which, I guess, is part of their effort to fix the mess on the roads.
Secondly, there are no street lights working in Jones Road, from the bottom of Springbok Road, past Emperors Palace; the first street lights are only at SAA Technical.
I also observed that every intersection – Yaldwin and Trichardts, Yaldwin and Rondebult, Yaldwin and Taljaard, Taljaard and Springbok (four intersections in a stretch of 5km) – are out.
That is just shameful.
Apart from causing havoc with traffic, it is also dangerous when stopping at these intersections.
Surely the electrician on call can drive around and make a note of all the intersections at which the street lights are out, so that the council can repair during the day?
Maybe we must start doing our own repairs, like Orania in the Northern Cape, because, depending on the government of even the opposition party to do what they are getting paid to do seems like a lost cause.
All that I ask for is service delivery!
