The Arrive Alive website received the following request for assistance: Question Could you please clarify the following issue for me: I understand that motorcycles are allowed to drive in between lanes on a highway where there is more than one lane in one direction. When are they allowed to do so? Only when the surrounding [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received this request to clarify a traffic sign that a foreign visitor has come across. “The picture of the sign was taken on the road between Knysna and Cape Town going up a long hill. We “assumed” that it meant that there was a minimum speed of 80kph in the inner [...]
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How safe will it be for Football enthusiasts and tourists to visit South Africa during the World Cup? Much has been written on this topic – and even on the Arrive Alive website and road safety blogs we have commented on this topic. We have confirmed our expectations that there need not be any additional [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received this interesting question pertaining to the responsibility for wearing a seatbelt: Question: Could one of your experts please clarify for me the legislation regarding who carries what responsibility for the wearing of seatbelts in a motor vehicle? The Road Traffic Act, Regulation 213 stipulates: (11) The driver of a motor [...]
This rather interesting question was sent to the Arrive Alive website: Question: “Please advise referring to the specific regulations regarding the licence for a driver towing a HORSE BOX (EB) opposed to a Code 10 Licence. There is no clarity whether a Code 10 licence would cover for towing a Horse Box (articulate). Please advise [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received an email with a request pertaining to temporary speed signs. This request reads: “Is it true that eventhough there are yellow speed limit signs on the Diepkloof construction area marked at “80″, a driver cannot be fined if he/she is above the 80km speed limit (and less [...]
The Arrive Alive website received the following interesting request for assistance: “Just to ask a quick question. When travelling on public road outside an urban area which is not a freeway and approaching an intersection; if there is a speed limit of 100 Km/h on its own post followed shortly after by [...]
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