1. Make sure you and members of your family know the whereabouts of everyone for the day. Place a “whereabouts” board in the kitchen or family room where family members can post their schedules or destinations for the day.
2. Instruct all family members and household help not to entertain strangers at the gate or on the phone. Children should be especially trained not to converse with strangers on the phone. Transactions, if any, should be done outside the gate. This will prevent closer observation of your premises or the household layout.
3. Teach your family and household helps to verify the identity of phone callers before identifying themselves.
4. Never give out information on the whereabouts of family members to just anyone on the phone. Friends or relatives should be politely asked to call again so they can personally talk to the person they are looking for. Should the unknown caller insist on asking to speak to each and every family member, ask for his name and politely say the message will be relayed and that he should call back again. Call the police for assistance if you
   repeatedly receive anonymous phone calls.
5. Instruct family members and your house help that designated family member must be contacted in an emergency or if there are dubious characters at your door or on your phone. List the important phone numbers in the front or back page of your directory for easy access.
6. Be aware of phone swindlers who call in and report that one family member has been in an accident and is asking for the family member or household help to bring cash or other valuable to a certain place. Verify with another family member before acting on this.
7. Verify the identity of callers at your gate before opening the door. Use peepholes provided on gates and doors for this purpose. Should the stranger be a repairman, electrician or the like, verify his identity by calling the service office.
8. Advise your children to refrain from playing/loitering on streets outside your residence where they are highly vulnerable to abduction. Advice your children never to leave home without telling you of their destination and expected time of arrival.

• Expect a train any time. 

• Trains can’t stop quickly - you can.

• Never race a train to a crossing. Don’t misjudge the speed and distance of an oncoming train.

• Look for a second train coming from the opposite direction. Be more alert at night and in bad weather watch for the advance warning signs.

• Never stop on the rail road. If your vehicle stalls on the tracks and yhou cannot restart it quickly get out of the vehicle and walk/run away.

• When approaching a rail crossing, open a window, turn down the radio and listen for a train whistle.

• Always keep clear of the yellow stripes, it’s meant to save your life from a moving train.

HOW TO AVOID "RAPE SITUATIONS" AT HOME

• Invest in good locks.
• A door viewer will allow you to observe visitors without opening your door to them.
• Sliding glass doors should be secured with an auxiliary lock, or install security gates.
• All entrances and garages should be well lit. Leave a light on in the house when you go out at night so that when you re-enter, you do not have to enter a dark house. Inside and outside lights give you a good deal of protection.
• Trim bushes and shrubbery so no one can hide in them, particularly when they are close to doors and windows.
• Never hide a key over a door frame or in a flower pot or in a post box.
• Don’t advertise the fact that you are alone at home. Never reveal to a telephone caller or someone at the door that you are alone.
• Warn family members especially children, not to give information by phone about who is home, who is out, how long anyone is expected to be out.
• Never open the door automatically whenever the bell rings or someone knocks.
• A shrill blast from a whistle into the telephone will discourage most obscene calls. The best advise is to hang up immediately.
• Avoid using a laundromat in a compartment complex by yourself, especially at night. Team up with a neighbour or a friend.
• If a door or window has been forced or broken while you were absent, do not enter. Someone may still be inside. Use the neighbour’s telephone to call the police and wait outside until they arrive.

• Common sense is your best defence against this type of attack. Therefore avoid places, times and circumstances that create a risk situation.
• Rapists do not follow a fixed pattern, there is therefore no foolproof method for preventing such an attack.
• Should you be attacked, evaluate the situation and look for a means of escape.
• Some women have avoided rape by merely talking their way out of the situation by feigning insanity or idiocy or by resisting.
• A kick in the groin is not always successful as men instinctively protect this area and you may well lose your balance.
• If you decide to retaliate physically remember that your first priority is to escape. Act quickly and decisively to throw your attacker off guard while you escape.
• Try to remember some definite mark of identification, colour of hair, eyes, any oddity such as a scar or speech impediment. This information is invaluable to the police.
• A rapist looks for someone who appears vulnerable.
• Be well armed when walking alone. This does not mean carrying a gun. An umbrella, cane, spray gun or pepper canister can all be good weapons. Keep a whistle on you and make a lot of noise. Attackers do not want attention on them.