The Cost of Bad Driving

This morning there was an accident where a minibus taxi overturned when it swerved to avoid a car that had slowed down in front of it. Twelve people were injured.

That means the following;

• 12 people didn't make it to work today
• 12 people are now in a government hospital that won't help them much
• 5 people were seriously injured
• The hospital system, if it does save their lives, will probably leave them unable to work for a long time.
• Disability grants will be claimed.
• Further claims will be made from the Road Accident Fund
• There is one less taxi to take people to work (I'm not sure if this is a bad or good thing)
• A driver will lose his job, if he is not injured or killed and the Taxi owner will have to pay for repairs or a new taxi.

All this because one person wasn't paying attention on the road. Children die because of this kind of behaviour. The cost of an accident on the government, and ultimately our pockets is ridiculous. You and I pay for all those claims intax on our petrol. The worse we all drive, the more we end up paying...