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 […]
Don’t Get Taken For A Ride 🚗
Enemies after you ??? 👀 There’s all kinds of crooks and scammers out there, folks! Avoid getting swindled when buying or selling your next set of wheels with RoadSave’s Vehicle Fast Facts service 👏🏻 Our Fast Facts reports provide data instantly, reducing the risk by providing vital info on the vehicle you intend to buy […]
The “Right to Repair” Guidelines & Why They’re Awesome
The what, what?? On the 1st of July 2021, The Competition Commission of South Africa published new guidelines relating to the motoring industry called the “Right to Repair” guidelines, and these represent some pretty big changes to the way new cars are sold and maintained in South Africa. These new rules may threaten the profitability […]
Road Safety During The Festive Season 🎄
With school holidays beginning tomorrow (15th December) and holidaymakers criss-crossing the country to the coast for the festive season, traffic on SA’s major routes is going to increase significantly. South Africa’s roads are already among the most dangerous in the world, but for those who aren’t aware, travelling during the festive season has proven to be a particularly deadly […]
Road safety is as easy as 1…2…3
The 3 second rule Did you know that the most common car accidents are rear-end collisions? The BIGGEST reason for this is because drivers generally don’t allow themselves enough time to react to traffic slowing down or coming to a halt. Adequate following distances enable drivers to react strategically in emergency situations – The 3 […]
Turn your phone into a life-saving device
South Africa’s roads are the killer that takes more lives each year than cancer. Our road accident toll and associated deaths are at critical levels. The WHO estimates that roughly 40 people are killed in road accidents every single day. “Let’s say in a rural area you’re involved in a crash and you’re off the road. There’s […]