South Africa has world’s most dangerous roads
South Africa has been ranked because the world’s most dangerous nation to drive in whereas India got here in at a fourth place, in keeping with a analysis research undertaken by worldwide driver training firm Zutobi. Among the listing of 56 nations in the research, Thailand got here in the second place and the US took up the third spot.
The most secure roads in the world may be discovered in Norway, with its Scandinavian neighbour Sweden having the third most secure roads whereas Japan took second place, in keeping with the research.
“We analysed each country on five factors, giving each one a normalised score out of ten for each factor, before taking an average final score across all five factors,” Zutobi mentioned.
These components included estimates on the variety of street visitors deaths per 100,000 inhabitants; the proportion of automobile occupants who use a seat-belt when travelling in the entrance of a car; and the proportion of street visitors deaths which were attributed to alcohol consumption over the nationwide authorized restrict.
These estimates had been based mostly on the World Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory information repository.
The most pace restrict on motorway and blood alcohol content material restrictions in the assorted nations had been additionally taken into consideration.
But Zutobi’s findings have been challenged by the Justice Project SA (JPSA), an NGO that goals to enhance street visitors legal guidelines and their enforcement in South Africa.
JPSA Chairperson Howard Dembovsky, whereas agreeing that South Africans tended to be poor drivers, mentioned that Zutobi had used outdated figures in its research.
Dembovsky additionally queried why South Africa was the one African nation in its listing.
“So to accuse us of being the worst in the world is a little bit unfair. If you are going to talk about the worst countries in the world, then you need to adopt a balanced approach,” Dembovsky mentioned as he commented on poor driving in his nation in an interview with radio station Cape Talk.
“(South African drivers) do have a shocking road safety record. As much as I would not place much reliance on that so-called study, there is still plenty of evidence to show that South Africans are dangerous drivers and inconsiderate drivers and have very little regard for the safety of others on our roads,” he mentioned.
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