Tag: driving on the left

I’ve been very proud of myself for learning to drive on the left side of the road here in South Africa.  Sure wish everyone else would do the same.

 On the Second day out with the VW Citi Golf rental I was tooling along at about 60kph on N2 West heading to New London for the night.  Suddenly a Huge commercial truck passing a car was headed right for me so I swerved and side swiped a parked taxi van straddling the fog line.

Everyone was OK but the taxi was smashed in the rear right with a flat tire and the left front of the VW was rather crinkled.  Thankfully it still runs and so did the taxi once the tire was changed.  The driver was a little belligerent but when his boss arrived he was very calm.  I followed the taxi and the boss followed me back about 15k to the Mount Frere Police Station to file a report.  Which went surprisingly smooth.

The boss then lead me to a nice hotel where I called Budget Rental and was told to take the car to Margate, 220k back to the coast, for a replacement.

So I drove back along the N2 for the third time and got as far as Kokstadt where I’ll stay the night at the most delightful place with dogs, birds and two very crafty ladies who are letting me use their internet.