The Arrive Alive website received an email from an aggrieved motorist which we would like to share on the Road Safety Blog. “I would like to draw your attention to drivers such as this person (see pictures attached) who flout the law and potentially create hazardous situations for other drivers. It is a regular practice [...]
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We would like to share an email sent to the Arrive Alive Road Safety website: “Monday morning (10/10/2011) I was driving from Pta to Jhb and realized I have to fill up half way on my route. Decided to continue on the R24 and get into Bezuidenhouts valei to use one of the filling stations [...]
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We would like to share a road rage incident in Durban reported earlier today to the Arrive Alive road safety website: Reported Incident: “ALL DRIVERS ALERT At about 07:40am this morning I being alone in my Toyota Tazz going to work was stationary at the robot intersection between Ethelbert Road and Main Road. I was [...]
Viewing some rather “aggressive” comments from a few friends on Facebook I decided to share a pearl of wisdom from someone much wiser. “To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” [Sun Tzu] One of my friends replied “Kill them with [...]
There are many contributing factors to road accidents in South Africa – and these are mostly categorized as human error, vehicle error and environmental conditions. Most alarming though is the human error when it amounts to disrespect for the Law and especially the Rules of the Road! We appear to vent all our frustrations and [...]
A 63-year-old man was in shock after being beaten with a sjambok by an irate motorist in Cape Town’s CBD on Tuesday. Freight company owner, Samed Dalvie, was trying to prevent a motorist from parking in a loading zone he has using when the driver of the luxury vehicle apparently attempted to knock him over. [...]
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May this message help our friends who suffer from road rage!! Road Rage not only is a threat for road safety, but also increases the risk of heart-attack!!
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I have come across the results of a very interesting online poll from the UK. This road safety poll was done amongst 14 743 AA Britain members for the Drive Better campaign. The AA revealed that good old-fashioned manners could bring back the smiles to drivers’ faces and reduce the threat of road rage. AA [...]
This morning I felt like writing something nice, something positive – without being too technical! For many of us the morning starts by opening the emails and quickly logging on to Facebook. We often find some humour or some inspirational message in an email from a friend -or share the frustrations and trauma from friends on [...]
The Arrive Alive website received an email titled: “Today’s Inspirational Message – Never piss off a guy who owns a digger.” This inspired me to share a few tips on how to avoid road rage! On the Arrive Alive road safety website we find the following suggestions: 10 POINT PLAN TO AVOID “ROAD RAGE” • [...]
