The irony in encountering speed limits and road signs
Granted, in South Africa and Africa, we have road signs that feature some of our abundant wildlife, but then why do we have maximum speed limits in the same area?
This stereotype that we have wildlife walking around the roads with us is verified if a tourist sees some of our interesting road signs.
In South Africa and around Africa, several nature conservancies have wildlife walking freely, sometimes seeing animals crossing roadways.
Therefore, we see road signs featuring animals such as springbok or antelope, water hogs, and even elephants. A social media user who is passionate about nature shared a video of the irony behind having road signs such as these.
When people asked him why he shared the video, he said he was trying to show his friends abroad what our road signs look like. It is interesting for someone outside of South Africa, but the same could be said about us encountering road signs with moose or bears in Canada.
Watch the video from Instagram below.
We also felt that he was trying to clarify the idea of enforcing a maximum speed limit in an area with wildlife.
It feels irresponsible to allow vehicles to drive at the maximum speed of 120 km per hour in an area that has wildlife. One person wrote, "120 is the runaway speed when either the warthog or elephants are chasing you."
"120km/h is a top speed allowed, not the minimum speed, so if you are a tourist, maintain 80km/h, the locals would wanna reach their destination faster at 120km/h."
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Image Courtesy of Instagram