The Arrive Alive website received a brief from a safety officer at a Anglo American mine alerting employees to the dangereous R511 route and advising them to use alternative routes. We would like to share a part of this message: Another road safety friend decided to share photos illustrating how dangerous this road has become. [...]
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At least eight people were killed and 12 others were injured after a vehicle ploughed into a crowd of spectators at a popular off-road race in Southern California, MSNBC television reported. The accident occurred on Saturday at 19:40 at a race called the California 200, which is traditionally held in Soggy Dry Lake Bed near [...]
South African 800m world champion Caster Semenya said on Tuesday she was “thrilled” to return to women’s competition, after a ruling from the athletics governing body IAAF ended debate on her gender. “I am thrilled to enter the global athletics arena once again and look forward to competing with all the disputes behind me,” she [...]
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Gauteng police say the driver arrested after the accident which killed former president Nelson Mandela’s great grandchild will face a charge of drunken driving and culpable homicide. Zenani Mandela died early on Friday morning, two days after her thirteenth birthday, while being driven home from the World Cup kickoff concert. She and her mother were [...]
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For Safety on the road also view: Road Safety during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa Road Safety advice for foreigners travelling through South Africa Spectator Safety on the Road to the Sports Stadium Route Planner and Planning your trip in South Africa Road Safety towards 2010 GPS and Road Safety How to handle [...]
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840 people have been killed on the country’s roads since the beginning of the month. The Transport Department says more than 2 800 drivers have been arrested for drunk driving and speeding. The high road death toll figure is raising fears it could exceed last year’s figure of 1 300 fatalities. Meanwhile, the North-West Safety [...]
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Photos of this giant sink hole were taken at the corner of Essenwood road and St Thomas.
Do you also get frustrated when others park with no respect for your safety? Most of us get annoyed at the selfish driving habits of others and even the simple act of parking can not only frustrate, but pose a significant road safety risk. I would like to share an email received by the Arrive Alive [...]
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Yesterday the Arrive Alive website received a report from Netcare 911 with reference to an accident in a construction zone in KZN. We would like to quote: “Netcare 911 paramedics rushed to the scene of an accident on the M41 near the Phoenix off ramp. When paramedics arrived on scene they found that a car [...]
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News Alert! TomTom develops turn-by-turn navigation application and new car kit for the iPhone Peter-Frans Pauwels, TomTom’s co-founder and CTO, demonstrated TomTom’s navigation software in combination with a specially designed car kit on the iPhone- during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 8th, [...]
