Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
Touted as being a major step to reducing driver distraction, it appears some new in-car voice control systems are actually making the problem worse. Research conducted by the US AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has
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FORGET THE FATUOUS CLAIM that people are being killed on our roads as a result of speeding, drink driving or failure to wear seat belts (although they are all causes of road fatalities). The real
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ONE THING IS almost certain: in any collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, the pedestrian will come off worst. Whenever you’re in a vehicle, you have a responsibility to ensure the safety of pedestrians.
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ROAD INCIDENTS CONTINUE to be studied, dissected and interpreted, but the findings that speed isn’t the most important factor continue to be denied by Australian authorities. A startling report from the UK, “Licensed to Skill”,
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JUST THE OTHER DAY, I was travelling towards a major intersection when an ambulance approached from the opposite direction, sirens wailing and all lights flashing. It was educational to see how the motorists around me
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THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION about the best way to go about fixing the increasingly chaotic road rules, we seriously wonder if the whole system shouldn’t just be dumped so we can start all over
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SOUNDS LIKE A NO-BRAINER, but a recent study by Canadian health experts suggests bike helmet legislation has little effect on cyclist safety. But before we rush to discard our Styrofoam and plastic headwear, as usual
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ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS on our roads, and increasingly one of the most common, is being tailgated by a following motorist. Tailgating (or travelling too close to the car in front) is one of
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I AM AN INVETERATE USER OF CRUISE CONTROL, even around town, because it (mostly) keeps me within the speed limit and means one less thing I have to concentrate on when driving (having to watch
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PRINCE PHILIP WAS STILL DRIVING at age 97, but when he was recently involved in a car crash that sent two women to hospital, he (or his advisors) decided it was time for him to
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