A safe ride through South Africa | Infrastructure news

South Africa’s North West Province is prime territory for the transport company Oakley Group. A fleet of Scania trucks helps it stay ahead of the competition.

Four or five times a day Jonas Moemane drives a Scania R 460 loaded with 34 tonnes of UG2 chrome ore between Marikana, in South Africa’s North West Province, and the nearby city of Rustenburg. The trip takes about 45 minutes, and traffic is typically heavy on the route. However, the main problem Moemane faces isn’t the traffic, but rather the many speed humps. Between Rustenburg and Marikana there are 23 speed humps, so on a normal working day Moemane and the truck must navigate 184 speed humps. Just riding with him for a couple of hours makes you understand how irritating those humps are.

Source: Scania Corporate

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