Don’t offend When surveys ask drivers what angers them most, the results are remarkably consistent. A few specific behaviors seem unusually likely to enrage other drivers. You can protect yourself by avoiding them: Cutting off. When you merge, make sure you have plenty of room. Use your turn signal to show your intentions […]
At 16h30 on Wednesday afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a collision on the N3 at Heidelberg. Reports from the scene indicate that both vehicles were traveling south bound when the light motor vehicle veered into the side of the truck. Exact detail to the cause of the crash however […]
On Wednesday afternoon, Netcare 911 and the provincial services responded to a collision on the N1 near Ventersburg. Exact detail to the cause of the crash is still speculative however, two trucks appear to have collided head-0n. Paramedics arrived at the scene and found that both vehicles had burst into […]
HANNOVER – At this year’s IAA International Commercial Vehicle Show, (22 to 29 September 2016) the focus is on the megatrends of the future: digitalisation and e-mobility. The key to the sustainable and efficient logistics of the future is called connectivity. Logistics rely on a network of players, including trucks, […]
Two men have been arrested following a high speed chase on Sunday night. Shortly after 21:00 a heavy goods motor vehicle was reported to have been stolen from the Maydon Warf area in Durban. The vehicle taken was fitted with a tracking device monitored by Matrix Tracking. A signal was […]
ER24 and other services attended to an incident involving a truck that overturned on the N3 at Key Ridge last night. Upon arrival paramedics found that the front of the truck had gone down the embankment. Upon assessment of the patients, it was found that the driver, believed to have […]
Seven people were injured in a collision between a truck and taxi in Annan Road in Carletonville this evening. ER24 and provincial paramedics arrived on scene and found that the taxi had crashed into a fence. Upon assessment of the patients, all of whom were travelling in the taxi, it […]
Emergency services were called to reports of a heavy goods truck that left the road and crashed into a high tension power line on the N8 west of Bloemfontein yesterday evening. On arrival paramedics found the truck off the road with several broken high tension power lines on the scene. […]
Yesterday EMER-G-MED’s RV2, M02 and A12 responded to the scene of a multi-vehicle collision on Rietfontein and North Rand Roads, Boksburg. It’s believed that a truck’s brakes failed, causing the the truck to plow into three cars. Fortunately only minor injuries were sustained, with only one person requiring ambulance transport […]
All the larger fleet operators have by now invested in vehicle telematics and technology that helps them them to reduce costs. Vehicle telematics can tell the fleet managers whether there are excessive speeding, harsh braking and cornering and various driving behaviors that could lead to increased wear and tear and […]
