Report Bad Driving

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South Africa — The South Africans Against Drunk Driving(SADD) group are urging all Roodepoort citizens to report bad driving as soon as possible. 

Every year thousands of people die on the South African roads due to drunk driving.  The families of the victims are left in pain as their loved ones are no longer there and that being due to the negligence of someone else. 

SADD says that all road users must use a breathalyzer if they drank a couple of drinks, according to their website,  www.sadd.org.za,  the legal limits of consumption are as follows. 

Blood alcohol limit - 0.05g and Breath alcohol limit - 0.24mg and for professional drivers 0.02g(Blood) and 0.10mg(Breath). 

They also released the units of different tipes of alcohol,  Sorghum Beer - 1.5U,  Spirit Cooler - 1.2>1.9U,  Beer - 1.5>1.7U,  Cider - 2U,  75 ml Red/90ml White wine -1U,  Tot/25ml cane, vodca, brandy, whiskey - 1U, Coctail various % - 2>4U, Tot/25ml Tequila - 1U and a Quart Beer - 3.5>4U. 

     One unit(U) comes to 0.02g in your blood and 0.10mg in your breath,  thus if you had one quart beer you are already above the legal limit and many people think that the "Een bierjie" will not affect their driving  ability,  think again. 

"Your chance of being in a crash in SA are 1 in 101. In other parts of the world chances are 1 in 5,000."(Gary Ronald. AA. 22nd Jan 2010.)

•In SA DEATHS PER 100,000 = 30.53 (2007)  

•SA deaths defined as having died within 7 days of a crash. Most 1st world countries count up to 30 days after the crash.

•In SA -18 000 people are killed annually and 150 000 are severely injured.(MRC statistics)

•On a daily basis, 45 people die and 410 are injured, with 25 people becoming paralyzed.

•Road crashes are the main cause for death in the youth. (Age 5 - 29 Ref : W.H.O.). 

This is serious,  Do not drink and drive,  and be responsible enough to report a person who drinks and drives.  You can call the SADD on  0861 400 800.