More traffic regulation needed during load shedding

Dr. Dennis Farrell, George Business Chamber chairman:

When load shedding takes place during office or peak hours, traffic piles up at busy intersections regulated by traffic lights and frustration levels run high. Surely the George Municipality is able to plan ahead for load shedding and should ensure that traffic officials are stationed at critical intersections to help ease the flow? The traffic department responds:

In the case of a traffic signal blackout or in this case Eskom load shedding: If traffic signal lights are not working, drivers must bring their vehicles to a complete standstill at the intersection and treat it as a four-way stop. The rule for a four-way stop if two vehicles reach the intersection simultaneously, is that the vehicle on the left must yield right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

George has a total of 63 traffic light intersections and the George traffic department assigns officials to strategic intersections during load shedding periods, for example the Garden Route Mall traffic intersection which is fairly complex.