Pictures of rotting lungs, miscarried foetuses and bleeding brains should be put on all tobacco packages as they are effective in preventing tobacco use, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
“Today, WHO urged governments to require that all tobacco packages include pictorial warnings to show the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use,” said the UN [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received the following message and request for assistance:
“Dear Arrive Alive team
I am a South African citizen currently in Salvador, Brazil. I am cruising on a yacht and might not be in a position to renew my SA driver’s license within the foreseeable future, as I will be at sea or on [...]
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Earlier this week I was shocked at witnessing careless behaviour from a young parent. I witnessed a lady driving in BMW X5 with her small boy standing on her lap between her and the steering wheel of the car. This was close to home and even though she took the corner slowly, I remember an [...]
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I was deeply saddened yesterday when I read the story of the freak accident where Jan-Hendrik van der Merwe, who is former Springbok captain Corné Krige’s brother-in-law, accidentally drove over his children. It was reported earlier today that both parents are receiving trauma counselling/ couseling.
It is of the utmost importance that we attend to victims [...]
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Johannesburg - A three-year-old girl and her two-year-old brother were knocked down and killed by a goods train in Ndlovukazi locality in Queenstown, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday.
A spokesperson said the children had been on their own on Friday afternoon when they crossed the tracks.
It was believed the two may have been on their [...]
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Between Friday and Saturday nights, paramedics were kept busy attending to several bizarre and serious collisions in and around Randburg.
23h07 Friday 15 May 2009, Harley street and Vine Avenue, Ferndale:
It appeared that the driver of the car simply did not negotiate the sharp corner at the bottom of the hill and went straight thereby landing [...]
I believe that many drivers will fail their license tests if they were to be tested on driving at a traffic circle / roundabout.
A few minutes ago we received the following email from a visitor to the Arrive Alive website:
“Hi,
It would be awesome if you guys could do an ad campaign showing people how to [...]
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On the Arrive Alive website we have enabled the public to share their experiences about the safety on the roads. The public can register as voluntary traffic observers and report bad driving on-line. We also receive specific complaints and share these with the National Traffic Call Centre as well as Communications at the RTMC.
Earlier this [...]
A visitor to the Arrive Alive website has come across an email with what is believed to be the confession of a hijacker. We have viewed the information and believe that aspects of this might be of importance to road users and might assist in keeping them alert to the dangers of hijacking. We would [...]
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Driving to work this afternoon I passed over a few rather annoying holes on the road surface. The drive was not smooth and I made a mental note to have a look at my shock absorbers.
What are the dangers of worn shocks on the road?
I found info about this on the Arrive Alive road safety [...]
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