Did you know that your car’s windscreen is one of the most important safety features of your vehicle, but also one of the most neglected? Think about it, we check our car’s oil, water, tyres and brakes. We service them regularly and make sure all the working parts are properly maintained. Unfortunately, small windscreen chips [...]
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ER24 paramedics were initially called to the scene of a terrible accident on the N1 outside of De Doorns near the Orchard road offramp just before 4pm. When they arrived, there were pieces of wrecked cars strewn across the road, and two completely wrecked vehicles approximately 20 meters apart. It is believed that an early [...]
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Many accident victims and critically ill persons require immediate evacuation to hospitals in the bigger centres where they may be provided with highly specialized care! This is usually performed via road ambulance- – some cases however necessitate air evacuation, and we would like to consider the factors to decide whether this is the best option! [...]
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A twenty three-year-old woman is in a serious but stable condition in the Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp after she fell from a quad bike on farm road in near Stilfontein in the North West Province this afternoon. The events leading up to the incident remain vague. It is thought that the woman had been negotiating [...]
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A spate of vehicle accidents over the last two days on the R114 near the Heron Bridge College has left 38 people injured. The first accident, which occurred yesterday afternoon, was a taxi that had rolled. It is believed that the driver swerved in the road trying to avoid hitting a pothole when he went [...]
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There has been a lot of discussion on the future of the GPS Navigation Manufacturers – especially with reference to the competition from smart phone manufacturers. It has become clear that the manufacturers of GPS navigation technology will need to be pro-active and inventive with the services and solutions they provide. The GPS navigation device [...]
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The Department has circulated a regulation amendment (Amendment 21) to the National Road Traffic Regulations for comment. It contains amendments on the haulage tractor legislation as well as proposed legislation on consignors and consignees of goods. It has not yet been published in the Government Gazette, but if you are interested in the proposed amendment, [...]
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Sixteen high school children and a taxi driver have sustained injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled down a 40m embankment off a side road in Wyebank just outside Pinetown this afternoon. ER24 Advanced life support paramedic from the upper Highway area rushed to the scene and found the taxi lying on its [...]
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Two light motor vehicles collided on Old Grey Town in Northdale, just outside Pietermaritzburg this afternoon, has left a female driver in a serious condition. ER24 arrived on the scene to find one light motor vehicle in the middle of the road, while the second vehicle was found just a few meters down the road. [...]
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A driver and conductor had a narrow escape after the truck they were travelling in over turned on the off ramp of the N3 Durban bound near Cato Ridge this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the articulated truck lying on its right side near the freeway. The driver and conductor had [...]
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