More than 5 300 firearms have been lost or stolen from police stations and offices around the country over the past two years. According to a written reply by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to a parliamentary question, just over a tenth of these have been recovered. The minister said he had asked the Civilian Secretariat [...]
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With more than 2500 drunk drivers arrested in the first 20 days of December on roads across South Africa, the Arrive Alive website is also receiving advice and recommendations from the public. We would like to share one of the emails received from these visitors: Contact Page Information from ArriveAlive.co.za Name: Bakang Surname: Country: South [...]
Sitting in Oudtshoorn in sunny South Africa with warm 39C degrees outside, I could not resist sharing a photo received from abroad. The above photo was sent to the Arrive Alive website with the caption “Thousands protest global warming”. Without taking anything away from the importance of the efforts to curb global warming, this also [...]
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The use of cellular phones by drivers has increased at an alarming rate. The use of these devices is now regarded as the number 1 driver distraction – and regarded as more dangerous than drunk driving! It is not only speaking on cellular phones that present a danger, but also sending and receiving text messages, [...]
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In our road safety awareness efforts we recognize that we do not have all the knowledge, and that there might others with expertise able to assist in these efforts. We have been offered further assistance with regards to driving at traffic circles and roundabouts and would like to quote from an email reveived: “The article posted [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received an email with a few interesting Accident pics. The email also told the following story: Driving on the autobahn in Germany at 140mph in his BMW Z4, the driver hit a deer… The deer disappeared… The driver stopped and wondered where did the deer go…….??? This might be a good [...]
The Arrive Alive website received this request for assistance: “Yesterday evening I went onto the www.arrivealive.co.za website, after searching in Google for Rules of the Road. I am enquiring about the distance when one has to give an indication “indicator lights” before turning left/right? I find it very annoying and [...]
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