North West Department of Public Safety has encouraged taxi drivers to drive within the speed limit and to obey the rules of the road over this coming festive season. This was raised at the 2010 Regional Number One Taxi Driver of the Year Awards Ceremony, held in Taung in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District. [...]
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Two people were seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in left the M4 Southern Freeway near the Clairwood Race Course in Clairwood late yesterday afternoon. The cause of the accident remains unclear and will be the subject of a South African Police Force investigation. Paramedics arrived at the scene to find that the [...]
The Arrive Alive website received an email urging us to create more awareness of motorbike safety. We would like to share this message on the Road Safety Blog: “To whom it may concern. Over the past two to three weeks there seems to have been an alarming increase in motorcyclist deaths or severe injury. The [...]
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At least nine people were injured and one killed in an accident on the N1 North near William Nicol this afternoon. Paramedics from ER24 and other services found people scattered across the highway after a Hyundai bakkie and it’s trailer overturned. On further assessment paramedics found a man with multiple injuries. The man, believed to [...]
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A man has died after smashing his vehicle into the Armco barriers on the R24 at the Edenvale turn-off this morning just after 05h30. Details to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation. When paramedics from Netcare 911 arrived at the accident they found that the vehicle had broken up [...]
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Nissan Motor is recalling more than 2.1-million cars globally due to a faulty engine control system. Nissan has said in a report to the Japanese transport ministry it will exchange defective parts on certain models at no charge, as the fault may “cause the engine to stall while running”. The company will recall 834 759 [...]
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Police arrested three men after a high speed vehicle chase through Uitenhage’s streets towards Port Elizabeth in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Uitenhage police spokeswoman Warrant Officer Gerda Swart said the three were found in possession of solar panels, believed to be stolen. Police officers on patrol noticed suspicious-looking men in a Nissan Almera [...]
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Earlier today the Arrive Alive website received a call and an email from a concerned citizen. This road user has traveled extensively abroad and on his return has increasinly become more concerned with the levels of lawlessness observed on our roads – and has also requested a greater focus on the principle of Keep Left [...]
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The Arrive Alive website recently rceived an email from a regular visitor with a photo of extremely risky bike riding in the East. I considered sharing this under the title “Don’t add riding in a bucket on your bucket list” but remembered that we have previously added a section on safety for children when riding [...]
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Severe hailstorms in Limpopo damaged houses and killed livestock on Sunday, the provincial Disaster Management Centre said. “We had several reports from people saying that their homes were damaged and livestock like chickens were killed. A few dogs and cats were also killed in the storm yesterday [Sunday] evening,” centre spokesperson Clayson Monyela said on [...]
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