12 March 2010

We are pleased to announce that the 13th of March 2010 is the 7th birthday of the Arrive Alive Road Safety website.

The vision to enhance road safety awareness online started in September 2002 and we were able to launch the first version of the Arrive Alive website on the 13th of March 2003. Since this time we have made significant strides in road safety awareness and would like to reflect very briefly on some of these successes.

We have been blessed in the efforts to create an information portal on road...

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12 March 2010

A man was seriously injured when he was struck by a minibus taxi while crossing Kingsway Road in the vicinity of the Moss Kolnik Road junction in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban, this morning.
 
It is alleged that the man had been midway across the road when he was hit by the taxi, the driver of which was unable to avoid the accident. The man sustained severe lower limb fractures and was found at the roadside by attending Paramedics. He was treated and stabilised at the scene before he was transported by ambulance to the Prince M’Shiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi for further care.
 

A 27-year-old driver has been arrested after being caught driving at 172km/h in an 80km/h zone in Groot-Marico on Thursday afternoon, North West public safety department said.

Spokesperson Lesiba Kgwele said the driver, who works for a security company, was driving an Opel Corsa when he was caught.

He is expected to appear in the Groot-Marico Magistrate's Court on Friday to face a charge of reckless and negligent driving.

- SAPA

9 March 2010

Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said the motorists who killed four teenagers while drag-racing in Soweto "must face the full wrath of the law". His statement comes after two drivers - one of them allegedly hip-hop artist Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye - lost control of their cars and plunged into learners who were walking on the pavement.

The alleged negligent driving by the two drivers - in Mini Coopers - in Mdlalose Street in Protea Glen, claimed the lives of four matric pupils, aged between 17 and 19.

Three of the deceased attended Jules High School in Johannesburg and the fourth, Andile Mthombeni, went to Altmont High School in Sowe...

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