Safety Tips For Using Of Our Highway

In order to make travelling on Highway 2000 more pleasant for you and your fellow motorists, we encourage you to take note of these tips before your journey:

Be prepared
Motorists are not allowed to reverse or make U-turns, so plan your route beforehand in order to know where you will enter and exit the Highway.

Be ready to pay
Be aware of the toll you must pay for your vehicle and have your money. Or, if you are using a prepaid TAG card, ensure that there is adequate credit on the card.

Be mindful of others
Travelling on the highway allows faster speeds – up to 110 km/h – than on regular roads. The safest way for all drivers is to reserve the lane on the right for those who are travelling at the minimum speed.

In addition, if you have to stop, move your vehicle from the road immediately and park fully on the hard shoulder. Telephone kiosks marked SOS are placed along the Highway to report emergencies and alert the highway patrol.

Be ready to exit
Using the directional signs, get into the correct lane about 500 metres beforehand and prepare for exit. If you miss the exit, then the only alternative is to continue driving and get off at the next exit.

 

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Other Safety Tips

 

1. Stop
   To look
   To listen
   To save lives 
2. Motorists, when driving, keep in your lane. Do not occupy more than one lane. Do not change lanes suddenly. Do not keep changing from one lane to the other. Keep safe -- hug your lane and remember always to watch out for pedestrians especially children and the elderly.
3. Motorists, when approaching a bend, ask yourself -- is this a sharp bend? Am i driving too fast? Am i taking the corner too wide and too far over to the right? What could i meet around the corner? Could i stop if i had to? Use your head -- make road safety a way of life.
4. Motorists, at a four way stop you must bring your vehicle to a complete stop. Proceed cautiously through the crossing only after the other vehicles in the intersection before you, have crossed.
   When turning at an intersection, always give the correct signal.
5. Motorists do not speed, always give yourself enough time and space to cope with what’s ahead. If you are speeding and an accident occurs, the impact is likely to cause great damage. Driving at a lower speed will reduce the severity of an accident.
6. Motorists, driving at a high speed is dangerous and it limits your ability to maintain control of your car if something unexpected occurs on the road. Do not speed particularly around corners, when overtaking and when the road is wet or unfamiliar. It is also good advice to cut your speed when pedestrians are nearby.
7. Don’t let your friend drive drunk.
   Arrive alive. Don’t’ drink and drive. 
   Just one more drink may be too much.
8. Myths about alcohol use:
   Myth: A couple of drinks won’t affect my driving.
   Fact: even a small amount of alcohol can affect our judgment, coordination and vision and impairs the ability to perform a complex task like driving.
9. 'The tasks related to driving begin to show impairment with the first drink, and the degree of impairment increases with increasing alcohol consumption’.
   There is no level of alcohol consumption which is ‘safe’ for the roads.
   If you drink don’t drive.
10. When you drink alcohol it:
    Impairs your judgment
    Increases your reaction time i.e., there is a long response time
    Creates a false sense of confidence
    Reduces the sharpness of your vision and hearing
11. When driving, alcohol reduces skills such as:
    Keeping your position in a lane
    Steering
    Determining a safe speed at which to drive
12. Do not excced the speed limit - 110 Kmp/h.
13. Pedestrians and pedal cyclists are not allowed on the Highway!