Sun, 25 Feb 2018 10:47:08 +0000 By Mark Kunda OVERTAKING is a risk but doesn’t need to be risky. Overtaking is not permission to overspeed. Overtaking is allowed but overspeeding is not allowed, even when overtaking. Safety when overtaking is not optional. As I was brainstorming on this topic, three experiences came to my mind. The first one was when I was travelling from Lusaka to Ndola. I was in a private car and I sat next to the driver. We reached a certain place which had a curve followed by a depression with a bridge. Immediately after passing the curve, we could see a clear uphill road on the other side of the bridge. In the other lane, there was a chain of vehicles approaching us. They were five in total moving bumper to bumper – three small cars sandwiched between two large trucks. Since the other side of the bridge was clear, […]
