Radar detectors make a comeback
IN A DISTURBING TREND, radar detectors are being offered for sale online in pop-up ads. Now, in the interests of transparency, we have to admit to owning a series of radar detectors way back when
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Use speed cameras to identify unregistered vehicles
A UK INDEPENDENT ROAD safety charity has called for safety camera technology to be applied to detect unregistered and uninsured vehicles. The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is highlighting to the police,
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Raises revenue, but does it save lives?
LITTLE WONDER DRIVERS are sceptical about the oft-repeated claim that speeding fines are all about saving lives. You only have to be in traffic when a police car is about to see how a visible
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Should authorities be able to release your private details to third parties?
AN INTERESTING ISSUE IS currently being debated concerning the release of your private details to third parties who may wish to pursue action against you. This has been a key factor in the matter of
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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
Continue readingVictoria increases penalties for high range speeding.
DESPITE ANY AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE that speeding fines do not discourage speeding, the Victorian government, already one of the most Draconian, has decided to increase the penalties for speeding, and in particular excessive (or“high range”)
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