Drivers simply don’t know the rules
ROAD SAFETY IS A major issue, and it is a shocking fact that too many drivers simply don’t know the rules. And a driver who doesn’t know or obey the road rules is a danger
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So you think you’re a better-than-average driver? Prove it!
STIRLING MOSS, ONE OF THE BEST DRIVERS ever, suggested that there were only two things you should never say to a man: that he was less than a good driver or that he was less
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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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Collision avoidance technology more widely fitted
ACCORDING TO ANCAP, consumer uptake of autonomous emergency braking has increased substantially. In December 2015, AEB was standard on just three percent of new cars and not available for any price on 55 percent. By
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Good driver incentives
Good driver incentives WE HAVE COMMENTED before about how improving driver behaviour is all about the stick and never the carrot. No matter how well, safely and responsibly you drive, it seems, you are always
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What older drivers can do to stay safe on our roads
THE WORLD IS ALWAYS CHANGING, and nowhere more so than on our roads. Many drivers who first earned their driver‘s licence in their teens have been driving for decades. In that time, car technology, traffic
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On the road, what goes around, comes around.
It appears there is such a thing as motoring karma. In a recent study by the RACQ, it has become clear that bad-mannered drivers were more likely to make other drivers behave in a similar,
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Stay fit and extend your driving life
ONE OF THE BIGGEST concerns for many people as they get older is how long they will be able to maintain their independence by being allowed to continue to drive. Increasingly, authorities are looking at
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Eyesight changes as you age. How does it affect your driving?
A DRIVER WHO CAN’T SEE what’s happening is clearly a risk to all road users. And yet, authorities have shown little interest in testing drivers’ eyesight at regular intervals. In Britain, as in Australia, eyesight
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Nine most common mistakes drivers make every day.
Despite the cavalier way we approach it, driving a motor vehicle is probably the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis. THINGS ARE definitely improving, with the number of fatalities steadily falling across
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