PassWarthog
Where: On rural roads near game reserves, farms and reserve boundaries, and on roads through bushveld where warthogs are common.
Purpose: To warn that warthogs may run onto the road. Warthogs are low, fast and almost always in a family group, and they bolt without warning rather than freezing.
Action Required by Driver: Slow down and keep scanning the verges, not just the road surface — a warthog is easy to miss in long grass. If one crosses, expect more: the rest of the group will usually follow the first animal across, so do not accelerate as soon as the road looks clear. Brake in a straight line rather than swerving; a collision with a warthog is far less dangerous than leaving the road.
