“New look for Old Joe” One of the Lowveld’s most famous guardians, Old Joe, was given a whole new look in support of the 2010 World Cup. Old Joe has become an icon welcoming travellers to the Lowveld, and now also to the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. The rock, which has stood at the side [...]
Emergency helicopter will improve route patrol and accident response service The N4 Toll Route experiences high traffic volumes during the Easter weekend, with the majority of traffic making use of the Middelburg Toll Plaza. In an attempt to create a safer route and provide the best possible emergency response to victims of accidents, TRAC operates [...]
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N4 Toll Route usually experiences high traffic volumes during the Easter weekend, with the majority of traffic making use of the Middelburg Toll Plaza. Expected peak traffic days: • Thursday, April 01 (direction east) between 14:00 until at least 22:00 • Friday, April 02 (direction east) between 06:00 until approximately 14:00 • Monday, April 05 [...]
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A man was killed in a truly bizarre accident on Kloof Falls Road, Kloof, in the early hours of this morning. It is thought that the man had been travelling west when he heard a knocking sound coming from beneath his bakkie. He pulled to the roadside and jacked up his car, crawling beneath to [...]
Ctrack ICE “Introducing Ctrack ICE A cellphone and personal tracking device all in one that calls the Ctrack support centre who then contacts emergency services and lets them know your exact GPS location at the flick of the SOS switch. Its limited dialling, the ability to track the user online and the prevention of internet [...]
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Last week Trans African Concessions [TracN4] alerted road users to the dangers of diminished visibility caused by veld fires next to some parts of the N4. We added these “N4 Alerts” to the Arrive Alive mobile website at arrivealive.mobi and would like to provide our road users with more information on safe driving near veld and [...]
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Netcare 911 and all the emergency services ruhed out to yet another taxi accident on our roads…A taxi and a car collided at an intersection of Newlands West and Inanda road. The taxi lost control went down a steep embankment and crashed into a storm water culvert. Medics had their hand full as seven people sustained serious injuries and a [...]
During the last 6 years I have been fortunate to have been involved in only one accident – and this was without injury to me or the driver of the other vehicle. But what if this was not the case and we needed urgent medical assistance? Would there have been available, effective and swift response? I [...]
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This photo of a keyboard without the “”Crtl” button was emailed to the Arrive Alive website earlier today. I simply had to use this on the Blog along with a road safety message! Many of us go on the road after prayer for safety and with [...]
Trans African Concessions offer a breakdown and rescue service, called TRACassist on the N4 Toll Route between Pretoria and Komatipoort. With this service, TRAC hopes to add value to the experience of its motoring community. “No-one knows when their vehicles might breakdown and leave them stranded along the side [...]
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