A SURVEY CONDUCTED by the RACV has found that an alarming number of Victorian drivers value a car’s appearance and size above its safety equipment. The research, conducted to examine awareness of vehicle safety features, discovered that the overwhelming majority of the study’s 800-plus participants had little knowledge of modern vehicle [...]

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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has followed Victoria’s lead and decided to move ahead with plans to make electronic stability control (ESC) mandatory under Australian Design Rules (ADRs) for all new passenger cars sold in Australia.

Last year the Rudd Government signed its acceptance of a new global technical regulation that will make ESC standard fitment for passenger [...]

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VICTORIA WILL BECOME the first state in Australia to make stability control a compulsory standard feature on all new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles sold from January 2011 onwards, a move that the state government says will drastically lower the road toll.

The Victorian Government is proposing an amendment to Victoria’s road safety legislation to [...]

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Good news on the car safety front. From 2009 onwards, any car tested under the rigorous Euro NCAP program must be fitted with electronic stability control if it’s to have any hope of scoring a five-star rating. Recognising that perhaps the best means of reducing on-road fatalities is to avoid crashes altogether, [...]

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