It's official: VW drivers SA's worst road hogs

[Pine]

So - are we gonna thank our waterpumper friends for this?

If you drive a Volkswagen and live in Gauteng, maybe you should watch your road manners.

Johannesburg is the worst city to drive in, according to Roadhogs - a free internet service that enables motorists to report bad driving.

Volkswagen drivers were the most hated, incurring 18% of the complaints against motorists on the site.

Nearly half of the site's users rated Johannesburg as the worst city for motorists, whereas Pretoria got off lightly with only 15% of the vote.

Cape Town received 13% of the vote and Durban 3%.

Volkswagen drivers were tailed in the hate stakes by Toyota drivers (15%), BMW drivers (14%) and Merc drivers (7%).

Surprisingly, taxis received only 5% of the complaints.

The drivers of Audis and Fords (both 4%), Mazdas (3%) and Hondas (2%) received the lowest number of complaints.

Web developer Gary Mailich created Roadhogs in 2000 after his car was damaged in a road rage incident.

"I lived overseas before and was not used to the roads here.

"So when some guy cut me off one day, I showed him the finger," Mailich said.

"He responded by following me, cutting me off again, stopping his car and coming up to mine. I immediately locked my door but he kicked it, swore at me and then left."

Mailich said it was safer for motorists to vent their anger online than to erupt on the road.

Most of the complaints on the website are about speeding, jumping red robots or stop signs, and cutting-off.

Justice Project SA chairman Howard Dembovsky said statements made by disgruntled or concerned drivers could lead to the successful prosecution of road offenders.

"Drivers will be more inclined to behave and be more cautious if they know that they are being monitored," he said.

[Cyndi Kritzinger]

Hi Pine.

No surprise there. It simply comes down to numbers.
VW's are probably the most popular cars on the road and therefore percentage wise there are more of them.
VW drivers also enjoy DRIVING.
You are correct though; everyone would be better off if road manners in general improved.
As for taxi's.......it's pointless complaining isn't it?
Last year on my birthday my dad and I were coming home from a surf and going to meet my friends for my party when a taxi came from 2 lanes from the right
(actually driving into on-coming traffic) and swerved straight across the front of us because he wanted to turn left. Yes, his taxi was fully loaded!
Her caught the front of our car and just kept going. My dad chased him down and pulled him over. He was drunk and took off.
Nothing ever done about it although my dad did go and lay a charge. So why bother complaining about taxi's?
Here in Durban the taxi's just blockade the roads if the police try and issue fines etc...

Cyndi

[Sambabus]

Golf drivers are genrally cocks. I blame them

[retrovan]

Boy! am I glade I drive an Aircooled, and not a VW.......





Herman