Our exits from the highway.
Another common sight in SA, where street traders make their living by selling "stuffs" at the robots (they strangely nickname the traffic lights here as robots). They have a wide range of products normally seen to be phone chargers, soccer/rugby club caps & jerseys, clothes hanger, sunglasses, wall clocks, paintings and local art crafts. The guy with the globe and atlas is my first sighting hahaha...
However, the sight of these street traders aren't always harmless. We managed to adapt at the back of our minds to be precautious each time we are behind the wheel. There has been countless reports of smash & grab cases reported at robots. I suppose the ugly ones would use this opportunity to double as a robber. They have ample of time to walk up to your car and survey what you have on the empty passenger seat; maybe an unsuspecting female with a handbag where most cases are reported with. Briefcases/laptop bags in the back seat, fancy handphones on the dashboard, basically anything that looks expensive. It is even more dangerous to stop at quiet robots at night, as these robbers can jump from behind a bush out of nowhere, and before you know it you're a statistic. A lot of times too, there's a beggar lurking around. Sometimes kids or mums with kids. Other times are windscreen washers who will insists on a small fee for a service you did not ask for (what happens is when you stop at the robots, they will just spray your windscreen with soap water and start cleaning and ask you for money after that).
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