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STANDARD BANK PEOPLE’S WHEELS AWARDS 2013
And the winners are……. (TOP 3 BY CATEGORY SHOWING % OF CATEGORY VOTE) CATEGORY 1: BUDGET BUYS – AFFORDABILITY FIRST. 1. KIA Picanto – 33,71% 2. HYUNDAI i10 – 26,57% 3. CHEVROLET Spark Lite – 14,86% CATEGORY 2: URBAN COMMUTERS – COST-CONSCIOUS RUNABOUTS 1. VOLKSWAGEN Polo Vivo – 32,29% 2. KIA Rio – 14,86% 3. CHEVROLET Spark – 13,14% CATEGORY 3: MOVERS & SHAKERS – COMPACT HATCHES/SEDANS 1. VOLKSWAGEN Polo – 24,15% 2. FORD Fiesta – 12,50% 3. OPEL...
read moreTaking You For A Ride : Man disguises himself as a car seat
A 20-year-old illegal immigrant from Guinea, has made world headlines after he tried to disguise himself as a car seat in order to enter the Spanish city of Melilla. The man had removed the foam filling of the passenger seat and climbed inside the shell of the seat himself. To complete the illusion, one accomplice helped by sitting on the “seat”, (and presumably buckling up), whilst the other drove the Renault 7 they were travelling in. Funnily enough, the ruse almost worked, but Police realized there was a third man inside the...
read moreHow the brain is affected by alcohol
People do not fully understand the extent to which the brain is affected by alcohol, so, in order to simplify things, take a look at the diagram below which shows the effects of alcohol on different areas of your brain and you’ll get a better understanding if how being under the influence (of alcohol) affects your driving ability: Frontal Lobe (A) Loss of reason, caution, inhibitions, sociability, talkativeness and intelligence Parietal Lobe (B) Loss of fine motor skills, slower reaction time, shaking Temporal Lobe (C) Slurred...
read moreWhat is AARTO?
AARTO is the acronym for the “Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences. It is being introduced to help encourage safer driving behaviour in order to reduce road accidents by: Establishing a procedure for the effective and expeditious adjudication of infringements; Alleviating the burden on the courts of trying offenders for infringements; Penalizing drivers and operators who are guilty of infringements or offences through the imposition of demerit points leading to the suspension and cancellation of driving...
read moreHoax AARTO email
Today I received one of those irritating forward-to-your-database emails which ususally ends with a threat of bad sex for eternity of you dont in turn forward it to your entire email database. *sigh* The difference though is that this particluar email – supposedly sent out by Chrissie Fourie from the Department of Roads & Transport – claimed that the AARTO system had gone live at midnight on Tuesday 20th. As a strategic partner to RTMC I forwarded the email to Edna Mamonyane of JMPD who responded by saying that the email...
read moreGet the car keys away from anyone who is too drunk to drive
One of the biggest problems we face on South African roads is the menace of drunk drivers. Innocent lives are lost or drastically changed simply because of a drunk driver. It may not be easy to do, but we should all do our bit for road safety and intervene when some we know is about to drive drunk. Easier said than done I’m sure but you could inadvertently be saving lives. Here are a few tips, on how best to approach someone who is too drunk to drive: > If it is somebody you don’t know well, speak to their friends and have...
read moreTips on how to wait safely in traffic
Nowadays waiting for the traffic light to turn green could prove a life threatening exercise. There is a very real danger of being hijacked, hit from behind by another motorist or harassed by street vendors and windscreen washers. The reason you are a ‘sitting duck’, for lack of a better expression, is because you are usually in a queue of cars which makes it difficult to manourver your car. The safest way to wait at a traffic light is to keep a long stopping distance between yourself and the vehicle in front of you, so...
read moreKUGA ADDS STYLISH FLARE TO FORD LINE-UP
Innovative Kuga now in SA Dynamic on-road ability coupled with ‘intelligent’ AWD for substantial off-road ability Powered by Ford’s efficient 2.5-litre Duratec Turbo petrol engine, the new Kuga produces 147kW and 320Nm Numerous comfort and convenience features make the Kuga a great value-for-money proposition PRETORIA, South Africa, 23 Jan., 2012 – Ford’s product portfolio is expanding again – and in another new direction. The new Ford Kuga is an exciting All-wheel Drive (AWD)...
read moreVolvo Car Corporation part of successful road train test – SARTRE project enters final phase
The SARTRE project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) – with Volvo Car Corporation as the only participating car manufacturer – has successfully completed the first test demonstrations of a multiple vehicle platoon. The test fleet included a lead truck followed by three cars driven entirely autonomously at speeds of up to 90 km/h – with no more than a 6 metre gap between the vehicles. “The aim is for the entire road train to be completed toward the end of 2012. By then we will have four...
read moreFiat introduces SA’s most affordable cabriolet
Fiat’s retro-inspired 500 have raised the stakes with the introduction of the country’s most affordable cabriolet. The Fiat 500c 1.2 undercuts the competition with a price tag of just R175, 000 incl. VAT. Despite its affordability it remains surprisingly practical, reassuringly safe and alluringly exclusive. Powered by a 1.2 Euro 4-compliant motor, it develops 51 kW at 5 500rpm and produces 102 Nm of torque at 3 000rpm. Fiat has emerged as a leader in green manufacturing and the Fiat 500c 1.2 further reaffirms that...
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