Daniel Dalton•4 months ago By restricting the movement of long commercial trucks, between 06h30 - 08h30 & 15h30 - 18h00, will free up loads of space, 1 truck = 4 - 7 cars in space taken, also identify congestion areas and install traffic guidance measures-> one example -> the road next presidency where Newlands road joins klipper road, the cars coming from Newlands road all want to squeeze in right where it junctions with kipper road -> install a few short poles restricting vehicles from causing a congestion there, forcing them to drive forward more before entering the slipstream onto M3, more of these poles prohibiting certain traffic behaviors, forcing traffic into desired behaviors, also another major congestion and massive delays occur where m3 meets protea road, traffic light timing only allowing very few vehicles to proceed - coming from Claremont onto M3, causes a huge backlog into Claremont, protea road is a main arterial coming from several schools, but the traffic light timing has to be adjusted at the next 2 lights moving towards town as well, The Road width, road camber and condition on main road passing the front of the presidency from Claremont towards Rondebosch is aweful and that road should be repaired, and is frequented by HEAVY TRUCKS, from FADEL TRANSPORT, servicing SA BREWERIES, Causing major congestion & Damaging the integrity of the road surface. Minibus Taxis driving on left & right hand shoulders of N2, is a massive headache and a Hazzard, if poles are installed, similar to the ones on the N2 outbound from CBD, allowing vehicles to stop between poles for emergency, but restricting using the shoulders as an extra lane for driving even rough square sleeper style concrete slabs every 50m will stop them from shoulder driving. Scattered intermittently on both left and right shoulders. These measures have been implemented on several roads in the Southern Suburbs, like wetton road in winter, ottery road in ottery, etc, why not restrict unsafe, illegal driving and hazardous behaviors with obstructions, that make it impossible to drive in these zones without damaging the illegal driver's vehicle.JUST FYI, THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING CNR PROTEA ROAD, SELBORNE ROAD & BUCHAN ROAD - HAS A PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LIGHT- IS FREQUENTED BY SCHOLARS (GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL)NANNIES WITH BABIES & TODDLERS- ELDERLY CITIZENS.IF A PEDESTRIAN USES THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, CARS AND ESPECIALLY LIGHT WEIGHT (3-4T) AND MEDIUM WEIGHT (8 -10T) TRUCKS, AND A LOT OF NORMAL VEHICLES SPEED EITHER UP OR DOWN PROTEA ROAD, NOT STOPPING AT THE RED, LIGHT AND ON A DAILY BASIS, NEARLY KNOCKING OVER THE ABOVE MENTIONED PEDESTRIANS, PLEASE INSTALL TRAFFIC RETARDING MEASURES ON BOTH ENDS OF THIS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AS WELL AS RAISING THE ACTUAL CROSSING TO A SQAURISH TYPE SPEEDBUMP (SIMILAR TO SPEEDBUMPS on WOOD SRIVE AT PARKLANDS COLLEGE) FORCING VEHICLES TO STOP & ALLOW PEDESTRIANS RIGHT OF WAY.LAST ITEM,WHEN THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLES ARE LESS THAN 10Y OLD, AND BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS ABS BRAKING, POWER STEERING, MODERN SUSPENSIONS, ANTI-SKID CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL ETC, ETC AS A STANDARD FACTORY FITTED FEATURE EVEN IN THE LOWER END MODELS, THEN SURELY SPEED LIMITS ON ROADS SUCH AS THE M3, M5, AND OTHER SIMILAR BYPASS ROADS, SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO 2026 TECHNOLOGY AND NOT 1950 VEHICLE STANDARDS? I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE UK ON A BYWAY (EITHER M60 OR A5300) THEY HAD CONTINUOUS SPEEDING INFRACTIONS BY THE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES USING THAT ROAD, SO THEY ***REMOVED ALL SIGNS INDICATING THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT*** THEY INSTALLED CAMERAS THAT OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD MEASURED, THE AVERAGE SPEED THAT MOST VEHICLES TRAVELED AND MADE -> *** THAT THE ACTUAL NEW SPEED LIMIT *** AS DETERMINED BY YOUR AVERAGE LAW ABIDING ROAD USER / DRIVER. THE SPEED LIMIT INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM 80 - 100 OR 110?WHICH THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLES ARE EASILY ABLE TO NAVIGATE SAFELY DUE TO MODERN VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES.So instead of spending R8.75 million on adding new speed enforcement cameras, GO AND REALISTICALLY ASSESS IF THE RULES ABD REGULATIONS AREN'T EXTREMELY ANTIQUATED, BASED ON 1950 VEHICLE PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. USE THE CCTV SYSTEMS TO REMOVE THE REAL OFFENDING VEHICLES (LAWLESS MINIBUS TAXIS) FROM THE ROADS, REMEMBER THEY'RE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES AND SHOULD ADHERE TO EXTRA STRINGENT REGULATIONS.1. 1ST OFFENSE - HEAVY FINE2. 2ND OFFENCE - IMPOUND VEHICLE FOR 7 DAYS3. 3RD OFFENSE - IMPOUND VEHICLE FOR 30 DAYS4. 4TH OFFENSE DESTRUCTION OF VEHICLE DUE TO IT BEING USED AS A TOOL CAUSING AN ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY HAZZARD, NOT ADHERING TO SEVERAL MEASURES TO REMEDY THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR, IF SOMEONE KEEPS THREATENING THE PUBLIC WITH A STICK, REMOVE THE STICK.AFTER LOOSING SEVERAL VEHICLES, THE TAXI FLEET OWNERS WILL DEAL WITH THEIR DRIVERS QUITE HARSHLY IF THERE'S A REAL FINANCIAL LOSS OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF INCOME. AND STOP VICTIMIZING E-HAILING DRIVERS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING AND RETAIN THEIR STATUS QUO (to continue driving) ON THE E-HAILING APPS, BY DRIVING DECENTLY AND SAFELY, RELYING ON PASSENGER FEEDBACK AND REPORTS TO Achieve and maintain a certain rating, ratings include Vehicle condition, driving style, driver attitude.So the CITY OF CAPE TOWN IS PERSECUTING, THE DECENT DRIVERS YET NOT DEALING WITH THE BIG PUBLIC SAFETY OFFENDERS EFFECTIVELY - EVERY DAY 100's of Minibus Taxis drive like they want, when and where they want - BECAUSE THERES NO REAL CONSEQUENCES - THE DOG BARKING AT THEM HAS NO TEETH. SIMPLE SOLUTIONS- CONCRETE SLEEPERS ON N1 , N2, N7, ROAD SHOULDERS = once off cheap cost = long term permanent solution.Metal poles herding traffic = once off cheap long term permanent solution, Sleepers + poles can be manufactured in a solid, cylinder into a hardened form from recycled rubber and plastic waste, street light poles, traffic light poles, crash barriers etc can also be made from recycled materials too.I'll happily launch a company to manufacture these.
