Cartoons for Driving Safely on the N3

Not only Drivers but also Passengers must by law be buckled in! We need to emphasize that the back seat is no safer if the passenger is not safely secured.

We plead with adults to ensure that their children are safely buckled in or are effectively strapped in a car seat! Never leave children standing on seats or seated on the lap of a passenger. For more on Seatbelt Safety also view:

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Seatbelt Safety
Child Restraints and Road Safety

Driving at an unsafe speed can be deadly! It is important to obey the Rules of the Road at all times. Road traffic signs will specify the speed limit on a specific road and drivers need to obey those limits. Speed limits are however not a target. Speed must be adjusted to road, traffic and weather conditions. Maintain a safe speed and following distance to allow the time and space needed to respond to an emergency.

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Speeding, Road Safety and Accidents

Distracted driving is illegal and dangerous driving. Distractions can be everything that keeps the focus from driving, the eyes from the road and the hands from the steering wheel! All your focus and attention is needed when sharing the roads with other road users.

We would like to warn drivers of these dangers and also the increase in road crashes caused by drivers using their mobile phones to call, text or communicate on the various platforms.

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Avoiding distracted driving
Drivers urged to avoid distracted driving along N3 Toll Route with #bootyourmobile awareness campaign
Texting and Driving

The Midmar Mile is a swimming race held annually in February at the Midmar Dam north of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Each year, it draws thousands of competitors, from serious international athletes and Olympic medallists to purely recreational swimmers.

The event gains its name from the location (Midmar Dam) and the distance (roughly one mile). A unique feature of the race is that while the distance covered is always a mile, depending on rainfall and the water levels in the dam, the distance swum varies from year to year. In years with poor rainfall, competitors are subject to the infamous Midmar sprint start: a bedlam of bodies sprinting across the muddy lake-shore and through the shallows until the water is deep enough to swim.

In order to handle the vast number of competitors, the swimmers swim out in 5 groups at three-minute intervals in 8 separate mile races over two days; the group division the swimmer is assigned to is based on a qualifying time in a previous (qualifying) event, with the fastest group leaving first. [Info via Wikipedia]

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Endurance Sports, Driver Fatigue and Road Safety Swimming Safety and Preventing Drowning