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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Tag: road toll
Indian Maruti Suzuki scores zero safety stars in testing
INDIA PROBABLY HAS SOME OF the cheapest cars on their home market, but some significant compromises must be made to meet the low entry prices. And scrimping on safety features may help explain why India
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Volvo cars to be speed limited
WE GET MANY ENQUIRIES from our readers asking why cars have such irrelevant top speeds when those speeds cannot be used (or are illegal) on public roads. We have just been advised by Volvo that
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Victorians still being gouged with speed fines
DESPITE EVER-MORE HOLLOW claims that speed cameras (hypocritically labelled “safety cameras”) are all about improving road safety, the simple truth is that authorities are more addicted to the revenue they provide than ever before. Victoria
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Have road safety initiatives really reduced the road toll?
WE ARE OFTEN TOLD how new road rules and safety initiatives are responsible for reducing the annual road toll, but just how effective have they really been? Officials are quick to point to short term
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