3 Ways SA’s Drivers License Cards Will Change In 2023 💳
Happy New Year, RoadSavers! 🙋🏽♂️ As we kick off a new year, we wanted to share some exciting news with you 🎉 According to an announcement from the Minister of Transport, South Africa will begin testing a new type of driving license card in 2023. The current license cards will be phased out and the […]
RoadSave Rated As One Of The Best Road Safety Apps in South Africa 🏆
Did you know 😌 RoadSave is rated as one of the best road safety apps in South Africa … & we’re getting better & better each year 🏆 📲 We consider ourselves to be the custodians of the road – it’s a role we take seriously and it’s one that has earned us numerous accolades. […]
No More Inflated Bills & Unnecessary Repairs! 🛠 🚘
Have you ever walked into an auto repair shop and left the building with a sinking feeling that you’ve just been taken for a ride? 😑💰💰💰 … Or maybe you figure that despite the suspiciously high bill, it’s best if you don’t question anything because you don’t know the first thing about the mechanics of […]
Great News For New Car Buyers 🚗 🎉
Recent data obtained shows that despite a myriad of local and global factors placing pressure on the automotive sector and consumers, it is cheaper to buy a new car in South Africa right now than it has been in the last couple of years. 💰 BUT!!! Don’t get too excited… 🛑 ✋🏽 New car prices are finally starting […]
1 Car Hijacked Every 22 Minutes in South Africa
South Africa’s crime statistics presented by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Friday (19 August) show a 14% increase in hijackings across the country since last year. On average, a car is stolen every 22 minutes in the country.😡 TOP 3 HIJACKING “TRENDS” 📊 1. Home Deliveries People are now being targeted when they […]
Road Safety & Load Shedding… Eskomcomplicated 🤕
While we’re all wining (and whining) by candlelight during Stage 6 Load Shedding, the last thing on your mind is how load shedding affects our roads. Turns out load shedding also makes driving less safe: Traffic lights go out, decreasing visibility Mobile networks cut out and our Google Maps and Waze apps stop working properly Traffic picks up […]
How RoadSave Is Shortening Ambulance Response Times ⏳🚑
The Gauteng Department of Health has reported that the current average response time for an ambulance in Gauteng ranges from 30 to 60 minutes. Internationally, the standard is only seven minutes for life-threatening emergencies ⏳ The EMS and ambulance crisis in South Africa is making it less likely that patients will get the help they need in time. […]
Female Driver? Here’s Why Women Should Be Cashing In With Insurers 💸
They collected data over a period of four months, calculating registered incidences of vehicle impacts, harsh braking, harsh acceleration, and harsh cornering as a percentage of total male and female customers. The results proved women performed better than men on EVERY. SINGLE. METRIC. 🔥 Not only are women safer drivers, but data shows that they also spend […]
Pothole Peril During Rainy Season 🌧
It is during the rainy seasons that the road surface comes under pressure and holes in the road surface start to appear. 🌨 As much as potholes cause vehicle damage, they actually pose a more serious road safety threat. Drivers may swerve in front of oncoming traffic after losing control of their vehicle, having driven […]
80% Of Our Roads Have Expired!
Forget Eish-kom ⚡️ We’ve got a pothole problem! Fikile Mbalula (our minister of transport, for those who don’t know) says that SA is facing a MAJOR road maintenance backlog ❗️ The minister indicated that 80% of South Africa’s roads have reached the end of their design life. The value of this enormous backlog is estimated to […]