‘Pull over and sleep’ – how Western Cape dealt with 900 public transport drivers with fatigue
Long-distance driving is known to play havoc on the mind, hypnotising exhausted drivers to the point of simply nodding off at the wheel, their vehicles veering off the road or into oncoming traffic. Realising the dangers of exhausted drivers on the road, the Western Cape Traffic Department decided it was time to start enforcing nap time for public transport drivers. Long-distance taxi, bus and truck operators have their own time […]
