Members of the National Truck Drivers Foundation commonly known as Impolompolo have started engaging on programmes such as driver wellness and road safety. They were pictured last week at the Mkondeni Weighbridge busy with their programme. Their Driver Wellness Programme is conducted at different weighbridges in the province featuring screening […]
Why Did The SPAR Group LTD Embark on The Process? As a group level, The SPAR Group Ltd embarked on this process in order to: decrease risk on the road maximise on costs saving on their fleet operations. create competent defensive drivers that uphold the SPAR brand. keep transport costs […]
During the past Easter weekend, we had a horrific time for our truck drivers traveling along our main routes. During criminal unrest roads were blocked at Mooi River on the N3 and an estimated 23 trucks were burnt. This was very thoroughly discussed by our friend Patrick O’Leary from Fleetwatch […]
We decided to share an incident captured on camera recently of a bus driver recklessly and illegally overtaking on the N1 near Beaufort West. We decided to raise this with our driver training experts from NOSA logistics. Why do we find this? Here we see that the driver may be […]
Jeffreys Bay: A bakery truck was robbed of cash after two men armed with firearms driving a Hyundai Accent forced it off the road on N2 near Jeffreys Bay today. On Friday, 27 April 2018 around 05:00, a driver of a bakery truck and his assistant alleged that while driving […]
On the 19th of April we shared a discussion on a near horror incident at an intersection as well as a discussion on how this incident could have been prevented. The very next day we were fortunate that some vigilance saved ourselves from a collision at an intersection in Bloemfontein. […]
There are almost 400 000 registered trucks on South Africa’s roads and about 10 million vehicles in total. Accidents happen every day and how often do we hear about trucks in the radio traffic and accident reports? Too often. For the truck drivers who work in the logistical transportation industry […]
A 38-year-old woman suffered spinal injuries after the vehicle she was traveling in was forced off the road by a reckless municipal truck driver. At approx 12:15 Paramedics from Reaction Unit South Africa were called out to the Inanda Road near Dawncrest in Verulam to render medical assistance. Upon arrival, […]
A friend sent a photo capturing the rather reckless positioning of a truck driver behind the steering wheel! We decided to share this with our friend Sean Gray from Nosa Logistics for their comments on this extremely dangerous behaviour: “Just when you think you have seen it all: This driver […]
Healthy drivers are more likely to be safe drivers, with a big impact on other road users and the logistic company’s bottom line. It is well-known that South Africa has some of the worst road-safety statistics in the world.[i] The death or injury of loved ones exacts a high […]
