The Free State Department of Police Roads And Transport has revealed interesting statistics on speed enforcement in the Free State – and specifically those instances of excessive speeding! These are only the highest speeds recorded per day. We would like to share these details on the Road Safety Blog: Highest Speed per day from 29 [...]
The Arrive Alive website and Road Safety Blog would like to share 3 powerful images used in another international road safety Campaign. We would like to urge motorists to obey the Rules of the Road, not to speed and to wear their seatbelts at all times!!
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Paramedics believe that the man in his thirties was taking his new bike for a drive when he allegedly lost control. The incident happened on the service road off Marine Drive in Paarden Island at approximately 2pm. Witnesses to the accident said that it seems that the man lost control of the bike, crashed into [...]
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It is very unfortunate to enter this festive period with many families having to grieve because of loosing loved ones due to irresponsible behaviour of many of our road users. Many of the accidents, particularly fatal ones, that are occurring could have been prohibited. Driving on the N3 with a 22 metre truck combination with [...]
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The Arrive Alive Website received an email from a concerned citizen who pleads for stricter enforcement and a clampdown on illegal quad bike driving in Kosi Bay. We would like to share the email: “Each holiday season, a bunch of tourist and visitors from all over visit Kosi Bay, Manguzi/ KwaNgwanase for a vacation. They [...]
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The South African Weather Service has forecast that the strong, gusting south-easterly winds currently being experienced will persist until the end of the week and are only expected to ease off late on Saturday, the City of Cape Town said on Wednesday. “The city’s disaster risk management centre and fire and rescue services are accordingly [...]
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One person is dead, one is in a critical condition and another three other people are in a serious condition after a collision involving a taxi and a light motor vehicle occurred this evening on the N2, about 15km just outside Kokstad, in the direction of Port Shepstone. ResQmed arrived on the scene along with [...]
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The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) on Tuesday said early indications suggest there has been a sharp rise in the festive season death toll in 2010. Provincial traffic centres are still crunching numbers, but initial figures suggest more than 900 people have died on the country’s roads. The death toll is expected to top the [...]
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“We are aware that one of our coaches was unsuccessful at the Mthatha Vehicle Testing station, and have read various erroneous reports. The officials at the testing station indicated that there was a problem with the airbags which influences the suspension and that the emergency brakes failed. However, as per Volvo specifications there are no [...]
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During the past 30 days more than 900 people have passed away in road accidents in South Africa. Trac N4, who is the toll concessionaire managing the N4, has urged motorists to pay closer attention to tyre safety as it appears that many road accidents have been caused by tyre failure. During a road safety [...]
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