{"id":39952,"date":"2025-10-03T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/putting-safety-first-this-transport-month\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:27:55","slug":"putting-safety-first-this-transport-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/putting-safety-first-this-transport-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting safety first this Transport month"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa observes Transport month every October, a time to reflect on how transport underpins our economy and touches the lives of every citizen. For the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), the focus this year is firmly on safety – both on the roads and in the workshops where vehicles are kept roadworthy.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year the RMI partnered with the Department of Transport to reinforce the urgent need for all South Africans to take personal accountability in improving road safety. The initiative supported the Department’s 2025 campaign, “It begins with me”, highlighting the crucial role that regular vehicle testing, responsible driving behaviour, and strong public-private collaboration play in reducing fatalities.<\/p>\n

Despite such initiatives, crash statistics remain deeply concerning. Thousands of lives are lost every year due to preventable accidents, often linked to unroadworthy vehicles, distracted driving, or poor maintenance. According to the…<\/p>\n

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South Africa observes Transport month every October, a time to reflect on how transport underpins our economy and touches the lives of every citizen. For the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), the focus this year is firmly on safety – both on the roads and in the workshops where vehicles are kept roadworthy. Earlier this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Deputy%20Minister%20of%20Transport%20Mkhuleko%20Hlengwa%20and%20RMI%20CEO%20Ipeleng%20Mabusela(1).jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Deputy%20Minister%20of%20Transport%20Mkhuleko%20Hlengwa%20and%20RMI%20CEO%20Ipeleng%20Mabusela(1).jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}