South Africa's Reckless Driving Culture: What Is Fuelling The Lawlessness?

If you have ever been in a car in South Africa, you would have experienced it.

Not the beautiful surroundings or potholed roads, but the complete lack of adherence to the rule of the road and daily carnage.

It seems that once we get behind the wheel of a car, the laws are irrelevant.

Alcohol-related deaths

While on holiday in the Northern Cape over the festive season, we would regularly stop next to the road at the rather dilapidated picnic spots to stretch our legs.