Driving head-on into 2018

CONGRATULATIONS if you are reading this!

You did not die on the road during the festive season!

That guy with neat Johnny Walker pumping through his veins missed you, crashing into a tree instead, and you managed to avoid that rock thrown off the bridge.

Some were not so lucky and to their families I send my condolences.

It really was hectic out there…

Thank you to the many traffic officials who actually tried making a difference.

Especially the one who pulled me over for not wearing my seatbelt, standing there in the pouring rain, telling me that I’m ‘endangering my own life’.

Sir, you are a hero and very, very brave. In fact you deserve the Honoris Crux Gold.

I could have been a flakka addict and killed you just for fun, because that’s how SA people object to the law nowadays.

I suppose that’s why so many of your colleagues prefer sleeping under bridges, because pulling someone over for a traffic offence in the new SA is suicidal.

Year ahead

What will happen in the motor industry in 2018? We have the usual new models booked, with the first ever Benz bakkie probably the most anticipated vehicle.

Hopefully, in 2018, car prices will not increase on a month-to-month basis as they did last year.

But that depends on the bunch of flakka addicts in parliament being able to keep their mouths shut and their hands off retired government employees’ pension funds.

There’s no point in being pessimistic though, so let’s hope for the best, and instead of worrying

too much, let’s enjoy driving cars with internal combustion engines and manual gearboxes because, the Dawn of the Mobile Toaster is almost upon us.