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Safety

28 chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Basic Elements
  3. Basic Elements
  4. Introduction
  5. Common Driver Distractions
  6. Obstructing Vehicle Control
  7. Distractions
  8. Safety
  9. Animals
  10. Pollution and Damage to the Road
  11. Stationary Vehicles
  12. Moving Vehicles
  13. Obstructing Traffic or Emergency Vehicles
  14. Additional Rules for Motorcycles
  15. Why you shouldn't Drink and Drive
  16. The Law on Drunk Driving
  17. The Maximum Level of Alcohol Permissible
  18. Introduction to Communication Devices
  19. South African Regulation on Communication Devices
  20. Introduction to Driver Fatigue
  21. Pedestrian Crossings
  22. Introduction
  23. Crash Warning Signs
  24. Emergency Triangles
  25. Reporting an Accident
  26. Tips for Dealing with Accidents
  27. Basic First Aid
  28. Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods

South African Regulation on Communication Devices

South African Regulation on Communication Devices

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While you are driving, you cannot create, send, or read a text message on a mobile phone or use a hand-held mobile phone to make or receive a phone call. This includes accessing online services in any way. It is an offence to hold or operate a cell phone or any other electronic communication device such as BlackBerry or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) while driving, without hands free kits and headsets that enable its use without a hand or part of the body holding it. The only exception for a person charged with this offence would be where the driver has made a genuine emergency call when it would have been unsafe to stop driving to make the call.

You can, however, use your mobile phone to make, receive or terminate a telephone call while driving if the phone is secured in a mounting fixed to the vehicle and you manipulate the phone infrequently and briefly.

You can also use a mobile phone while driving to make an emergency call if it is unsafe or impractical to pull over and stop in a safe place at the side of the road to make the call.

If you have to use your cell phone with your hands, pull over to a place where it is safe and legal to do so, stop and the proceed with the conversation or texting.

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