Four people were arrested on Friday for speeding on the N4 between Bronkhorstpruit and Pretoria, the Gauteng department of community safety said. Two brothers, aged 19 and 25, were driving one in front of the other when caught, spokesperson Zakhele Nkabinde said. “Both drivers were clocked doing 198km/h and 187km/h respectively in a 120km/h zone [...]
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The Free State Department of Police Roads And Transport has revealed interesting statistics on speed enforcement in the Free State – and specifically those instances of excessive speeding! These are only the highest speeds recorded per day. We would like to share these details on the Road Safety Blog: Highest Speed per day from 29 [...]
More than a million fines have been issued for various traffic offences across South Africa since October. Several motorists have also been arrested for speeding. They have been slapped with fines ranging from R4 000 to R20 000. Earlier this week, an Mpumalanga motorist was arrested for driving at 205km/h on the N4 near Bronkhorstspruit [...]
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We have given some attention to the dangers of animals crossing our roads – and the need for road users to be alert to these dangers. We seldom consider why these animals might be crossing the road and pay most of our attention to farmers having to repair fences and keep their gates closed. A [...]
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Earlier today a regular visitor to the Arrive Alive website sent an email with an interesting notification. The above note reveals that drivers will be fined when they run out of fuel…! We shared this with a few road safety experts and received some interesting responses!! Not all the driving experts agree or find this [...]
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The government may keep postponing the implementation of the demerit system, but the reality is that motorists are one day going to have to accept this system. Once the demerit system has been implemented, you can expect things to change drastically with traffic law enforcement. First, traffic fine dodgers will have nowhere to hide, and [...]
Crucial evidence in soccer legend Doctor Khumalo’s drunken driving case has gone missing – and his blood samples may have been tampered with, reports The Sowetan. Khumalo’s lawyer, Johan Pretorius, told the Roodepoort magistrate’s court on Tuesday that a form that should contain Khumalo’s signature, that of the doctor who examined him and Metro police [...]
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The main purpose of the AARTO pilot since July 2008 in the municipality of Tshwane and February 2009 in Johannesburg was to, amongst others, test all the various systems, procedures and processes that are utilized in the daily operations, identify weaknesses and deficiencies with the view to develop and apply remedial measures. These related to [...]
This will become a common sight across the country as more and more road authorities are equipping themselves with the MASS5000 Weigh in Motion System. Many road authorities across the country are equipping themselves with the MASS5000 Weigh in Motion Systems to do pre-screening of heavy vehicles. Due to the fact that this is a [...]
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The Arrive Alive website has received an interesting email titled “AARTO AND YOUR BUSINESS” This was written by Jan du Toit and deals with the impact that AARTO might have on the employer, his employee and his business. We would like to share this along with the response received from the RTMC – having referred [...]
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