Road safety campaign clearly not working
WHEN THE ROAD TOLL goes down, authorities are quick to take the credit. But when it goes up, as it has been doing for some years, everybody ducks for cover, blaming everything they can think
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Category: Aging driver threats
Warning for hay fever sufferers
THERE ARE MANY WAYS drivers can be put at risk, but one of the less-known is the possibility of possible side effects of everyday medication. Drivers who take hay fever remedies need to be aware
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The double demerit debate. Why can’t they be honest with us?
FEW THINGS ANNOY US more at seniordriveraus than being treated as stupid. Here’s a surprise for authorities: we aren’t. And nor are our readers. So why can’t they come clean with us about important issues
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There goes another tyre! The pothole problem
WITH THE RECENT STORMS and council funding being allocated to other supposedly more pressing matters, our roads have deteriorated even further. Some potholes and broken verges are so bad, you wonder if you need an
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Paris bans e-scooters. UK next?
THE LAST TIME WE WROTE about the menace of e-scooters, it drew the usual rash of abusive replies and lots of frothing at the mouth by people quick to defend their rights to ride them
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Tired drivers are dangerous drivers
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON causes of collisions is fatigue, and yet it’s one of the easiest things to avoid. Being tired when you’re driving raises the risk of a collision, because you’re less aware
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Make road safety your 2023 priority
WHAT BETTER NEW YEAR RESOLUTION could there be than to commit to playing your part in reducing death and injury on the roads? And the best way to do that is to put road safety
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Linkt responds to seniordriveraus criticism
AN OFFER OF RIGHT OF REPLY to our story yesterday (read it here) from seniordriveraus to Scott Charlton, the CEO of Transurban, elicited a quick response. The company’s very personable Complaints Manager, Thanh Ho, repeatedly
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Beware this toll scam and Linkt’s unhelpful response
IT SEEMS ABSOLUTELY nobody and no website is safe from scammers, and it’s getting harder and harder to tell the scams from the genuine communications. Recently, we were planning a trip to Melbourne. We’d be
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Be prepared for floodwaters
MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS INCREASING exponentially, but it isn’t all good. The tendency for power windows to trap people in submerged cars has been extensively reported, and an example during the recent floods demonstrates this dramatically.
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