A Cape Town woman is relieved to be alive after an ordeal with an allegedly intoxicated SA Navy employee who slammed into her car on Simon’s Town main road last week.
A 50-year-old man was arrested in KwaZulu-Natal after he repeatedly rammed his car into a glass door restaurant entrance after he was told to leave.
“Drunk driving destroys lives, apart from the astronomical economic losses in injuries and fatalities. If you cannot make the responsible choice to drive sober, then choose to get help,” said Smith.
It is now up to National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, to schedule a vote in the National Assembly that will determine whether Motata is impeached. We will likely have an outcome on that process before 2037. Maybe.
If you do find yourself needing to commute to work or are mad enough to want to go out, you will definitely have found that the roads are pure chaos in the rain.
The South African Police Services is once again in trouble after a video of a drunk officer allegedly crashing into a motorcyclist did the rounds on social media.
Fikile Mbalula had hoped to have the legal concentration of alcohol in a driver’s bloodstream dropped to zero instead of 0,05 grams per 100 millilitres.
Nathen Pearson and his brother went drinking on the evening of March 23, with no clue that the night would forever alter their lives.
Each country was scored out of 10 based on five factors; estimated road traffic death rate, maximum speed limit, seat belt wearing rate, road traffic deaths attributed to alcohol, and blood and alcohol (BAC) limit for drivers.
BP, in partnership with Pick n Pay, recently announced plans to sell wine through its Pick n Pay Express forecourt convenience stores.
Springsteen was arrested on November 14 and received citations for driving while under the influence and reckless driving. Turns out there are some added layers of confusion.
Who needs another reminder that taking to our roads this festive season, after even one too many, is a potentially deadly idea?
Not ideal is a really polite way of putting things, with a bus driver suspended after footage showed him endangering the lives of pupils in the Eastern Cape.
Fikile Mbalula says South Africa’s legal BAC limit of 0,05% will be reduced to zero by December. The Automobile Association (AA) thinks we’re going about it all wrong.
Two cops, in two different parts of South Africa, allegedly couldn’t keep away from the booze, or their police vehicles, resulting in some road accidents.
A recent study looked at how heavy marijuana users compared to non-smokers behind the wheel, even when they weren’t high.
The new Evidential Breathalyser Alcohol Test will make it easier to identify drunk drivers, who could then face up to a week in jail pending a bail hearing.
It was another deadly festive season on South Africa’s roads, but there’s nothing shocking on that front. Do a little comparison, though, and the scale of the problem becomes clearer.
SA law enforcement, working together with the Road Traffic Management Corporation, is planning to hit those driving drunk where it hurts most.
Drunk drivers had better watch out – if you’re caught over the limit, you could be in for a pretty rough festive season.
A drunken driver spent his Sunday morning ramming into a row of cars at a dealership in Johannesburg, and the CCTV footage of the incident isn’t pretty.
There’s a shirtless drunk guy, there’s a Mustang, and there is a team of pissed off petrol attendants. Grab the popcorn because this is a wild ride.
We will soon see a new high speed, high-tech breathalyser rolled out across the country. You probably don’t want to take your chances with this machine.
When news broke this week of Tiger asleep at the wheel, you knew it was only a matter of time until the video came out. It’s here and it’s messy.
South Africa’s roads are notoriously dangerous, which has led various ad campaigns to encourage safer driving. This latest effort has set tongues wagging.
Imagine a world where you are above the law and you don’t even have to become the national police commissioner first? Someone struck gold.
There are few things more South African than getting together with mates for a lekker meal and a few drinks. The problem is what happens afterwards.
Driving after a few too many is daft at the best of times. Running a road block at 200 km/h whilst over the limit – you’ve done very poorly.
When your name has been in the news for all the wrong reasons it is advisable to maybe lay low for a while until the storm blows over. Nope, not for this fella.
Jozi, let’s have a quick chat shall we? Metro police around the city were shocked by the sheer number of drunk drivers over the weekend – you’re better than that.