T HREE champion drivers from Bophuthatswana, a semiautonomous state in South
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Africa, passed through London last week on their way to compete in the driving championships run by the Union Internationale des Chauffeurs Rouders at
Munich last weekend (October 12-13).
One of them, for whom great hopes in the contests were entertained, is Jim Thebagayae, a driver with Rustenbeurg Bus Services, owned by British-based United Transport International, which showed the party around London. The other two drivers are Joseph Ntengu, who drives a Magirus rigid, and Joseph Matiba, whose vehicle is a Leyland artic.
Harvey Great', senior driving instructor, and Michael Sehube, were shepherding the party, organised by the tribal homeland's Department of Road Safety.
The drivers took a three-day course at the Institute of Advanced Motorists and were schemed for two more days training, care of Mercedes-Benz at Stuttgart.
In South Africa, like us, they drive on the left. The contestants were a lade concerned about getting used to righthand driving for the contest. It appears to me that it would have been a great help if they could have been shown a video of a previous contest so that they could observe some of the curious manoeuvres called for in the UICR World Championships.