Section E: DEFFENSIVE DRIVING

​Meaning of defensive driving:

Defensive driving means driving to save lives, money and time in spite of the conditions around you and the provocative actions of the other driver.

Qualities of a defensive driver:

  • A defensive driver assumes he is the only sane person on the road
  • He drives intelligently in order to arrive alive
  • A defensive driver is always cautious
  • A defensive driver knows and obeys all road traffic signs and symbols
  • A defensive driver should develop the right attitude to driving. These are patience, care, skill and consideration for other road users

A DEFENSIVE DRIVER RECOGNIZES HAZARDS, UNDRSTANDS THE DEFENCE AND ACTS CORRECTLV AND IN TIME

Things a Defensive Driver must know

Motor crashes are not mere accidents. They are caused by the faulty decisions and actions of drivers and other road users.

Any person on the road constitutes hazard to other road users and other road users constitute hazards to him. Most road users are not knowledgeable on the rules of the road.
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They are therefore likely to make faulty decisions or take actions that may result in danger to others.