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<b>DANGEROUS OVERTAKING: </b> Reader DAVE RANKIN says trucks often disobey rules when overtaking.  <em> Image: Shutterstock </em>
<b>DANGEROUS OVERTAKING: </b> Reader DAVE RANKIN says trucks often disobey rules when overtaking. <em> Image: Shutterstock </em>

I am a pensioner who is not on the road at these peek times so my response is probably unwarranted.

However, I do travel a great deal between Johannesburg and Durban and usually am on the road in the early hours of the morning. I do not know the statistics for crashes involving heavy vehicles between 5am and 7am, BUT what frightens me is the number of times I have had to take evasive action, especially between the towns Villiers and Warden on the N3, due to truck drivers apparently going to sleep at the wheel.

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