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there are stop lines and at the mini-circle In the words of the official legislation: snake catcher to prepare his approach.
intersection there are yield lines. With both Although most of the snakes that have
these types of intersections, the driver Indicates to the driver of a vehicle been captured in the past were non-
must give way to any other vehicle that approaching a mini-circle that he or she poisonous, there have been incidents
reaches/crosses such a line before him. shall yield right of way to any vehicle where the snakes were highly venomous.
which will cross any yield line at such
So, to summarise, the differences between junction before him or her and which, in
a 4-way stop and a mini-circle are the normal course of events, will cross the
essentially as follows: path of such driver’s vehicle; and that the
driver shall move in a clockwise direction
• At a mini-circle, there is a small island within such junction and attempt not to
hump in the middle of the intersection encroach on the mini-circle.
that the driver must go around and not
drive over. A 4-way stop does not have
this.
• At a 4-way stop, the line is a solid stop
line. At a mini-circle it is a broken yield
line.
Roundabouts:
Other than those differences, the two
types of intersections are quite similar in
size and design.
A roundabout is different from both the REMEMBER, SECURITY STARTS AT HOME!
above. It has a large circle that drivers
must drive around in a clockwise direction,
giving way to any vehicle approaching Hennie du Plessis
from the right that is close enough to pose Security Manager
a danger.
Something that the above information will
hopefully clarify is that for a mini-circle it
is pretty easy to see who will cross a line
before you, because the intersection is
small enough to be able to see all the
vehicles ahead, virtually in front of you,
like at any 4-way stop intersection. With
a (large) roundabout, the rule about who You must obey traffic circle rules at the
crosses a line first does not apply. roundabout.

The rules for traffic circles in South Africa In the words of the official legislation:
are as follows:
Indicates to the driver of a vehicle that he
or she shall move in a clockwise direction
at the junction ahead and he or she shall
yield right of way to traffic approaching
from the right, within the roundabout,
where such vehicles are so close as to
Mini-circles: constitute a danger or potential danger.
SNAKES ON THE ESTATE
Should you come across a snake on your
premises, you can phone the security
control room at 012 809 0424/5. Our
compliance officer Fred van Rensburg is
fully trained and equipped to capture any
snake and remove it from your premises.
This service is available free of charge
during office hours.

A professional snake catcher will be
contacted to assist, should it be after
hours. The cost for this service will be for
• Slow down and give way to other the account of the resident, irrespective of
vehicles that cross any yield line before whether he captures the snake or not. It is
you do. important to note that you need to give a
• Proceed in a clockwise direction around description of the snake and its location
the painted island, without driving on it. as far as possible. This is necessary for the

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