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Many accidents are not caused by outside
factors!
The most common cause for vehicle accidents
in Namibia is the lack of grip of car wheels
on gravel roads and inappropriate driving
speed. The dangerous road surfaces comprise
not less than 35.000 km of gravel road in
Namibia.
Perhaps you might have experienced only
once on a driving training track during
which simple driving manoeuvres your vehicle
might leave its track. You might even have
experienced how much quicker this happens
if there is a slight dent in the road surface,
or if the road might be in a bad condition,
or the grip on the road surface is lacking
(track grooves), thereby hampering the driver’s
skills. It is therefore our aim that after
absolving a drivers training course you
might be able to drive decidedly safer and
be in a much better position to assess danger
situations more appropriately and accurately.
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Safety matters pertaining to driving a
vehicle are mainly co-determined by:
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Driving technique
(Pickup's for instance react completely
different than station wagons); |
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the overall condition
of the vehicle (including its maintenance
condition, e.g. tyres, dirty and damaged
windshields); |
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correct and appropriate
driving speed; |
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the driver’s
personal conduct (being buckled up,
not wearing sandals while driving);
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the driving skills
of the driver; the health condition
of the driver (unusual climate in Namibia,
height above sea level, exhaustion through
long hours of flight to Namibia and
the climate change, side-effects of
medications, alcohol or sensitivity
to climatic conditions); |
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the driver’s
quickness of response; |
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outer influences
(drowsiness resulting from monotonous
stretches – according to statistics
drowsiness seems to be a common cause
of accidents in Namibia). |
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