A 66 year old man is in a critical condition after his SUV allegedly hit a water puddle on Hendrick Potgieter. He then aquaplaned, lost control and rolled the vehicle. He came to a hault against a palm tree in the middle island.
He sustained a severe deep laceration around the front of his neck and [...]
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We have all driven with good and bad drivers. Sometimes we just feel safer in the company of a good driver driving at high speed than with a poor driver driving at lower speeds. Driving experience is definitely an important requirement to be regarded as a safe driver.
The personality traits of a person are also [...]
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Springbok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie will perform 20 hours of community service after drunk-driving charges against him were withdrawn in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Januarie was ordered to coach rugby at schools selected by the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Re-integration of Offenders (NICRO).
He is expected to do this community service between February 8 [...]
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A visitor to the Arrive Alive website sent interesting photos taken recently while driving in India. They were taken in Hyderabad and Chennai. We would like to share these interesting insights to driving in India where the traffic can be hectic and heavily congested!
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 reminded [...]
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It is expected that 2010 will offer tourism opportunities to more than just the inner city hotels and guest houses! Many of the more affluent foreign visitors will also take the opportunity to enjoy an African safari!
With their safety in mind, the Arrive Alive website has added information titled “Guide to safety and driving on [...]
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Tomorrow is Heritage day – a day to remember those who have brought South Africa to where we are today! This day has also become known as Braai Dag, a day where all South Africans celebrate their common heritage by braaing on the 24th of September.
Braaing is a deep-rooted tradition in South Africa that cuts [...]
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Do you know anyone who blamed road-signage for his/her accident? Accident Investigator Stan Bezuidenhout has raised this question in an email we would like to share with visitors to the Road Safety Blog:
“Dear colleague,
As a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, I read a lot - as you probably do as well.
As part of a current research project, I [...]
Bryce Moon is out on bail after he was charged with culpable homicide for June’s accident, where his Mercedes Benz hit a Tembisa woman who later died in hospital.
The Bafana Bafana midfielder handed himself over to the police on Thursday and appeared at the Randburg Magistrates court. He was later released on R3 000 bail [...]
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Fairbanks, Alaska - A woman who let her seven-year-old son drive while she was passed out drunk in the passenger seat has been sentenced to 20 days in jail.
District Court Judge Raymond Funk also sentenced 37-year-old Karen Koch to three years of probation and six months of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Koch [...]
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