VICTORIAN ROADS MINISTER Tim Pallas announced today that new laws will be introduced from November 9, including the banning of most mobile phone use and navigation equipment that is not held in a vehicle-mounted cradle. Other new laws will see drivers lose 3 demerit points and receive a $234 fine for passengers [...]

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THE NSW MINISTER for Roads Michael Daley has agreed to delay the introduction of proposed legislation that would have restricted suspension height changes to just 5cm above or below a car’s standard ride height.

Intense pressure from off-road groups, aftermarket associations and car enthusiasts forced Mr Daley to reconsider the draconian modification rules.

It was not only [...]

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NSW MOTORISTS will need to seek engineering approval for any height-altering suspension modifications from August 1 onwards, under tough new rules designed to stamp out dangerous car modifications.

New South Wales Minister for Roads Michael Daley announced today that under the new legislation vehicle ride height can only be changed by up to five centimetres, on [...]

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A 20 YEAR-OLD Castlemaine man has become the first person to lose not one, but two cars to Victoria’s tough new anti-hoon laws.

Earlier this year Peter Black posted video and photos of himself on Facebook doing burnouts on a country road, and, after a member of the public alerted police to the video evidence, he [...]

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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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AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN under the age of seven will soon be required to use a booster seat or be restrained in a baby capsule when travelling in a car, and will also be prohibited from sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle.

New laws will be introduced across the country before the end of this [...]

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Earlier today, Nationals senate leader Barnaby Joyce and Independent senator Nick Xenophon rolled up their sleeves at a West Sydney fuel station and for one hour helped motorists pump petrol at just 41.8 cents per litre.

Why? To bring attention to their campaign to limit anti-competitive behaviour from Australia’s biggest retailers towards independent operators.

The owner of [...]

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Tasmania’s police force has outlined plans to use new camera technology to put the squeeze on disqualified drivers and owners of unregistered cars.

The cameras will work by scanning the licence plates of passing vehicles, cross-referencing that information with a police database and then determining whether the owner is disqualified and whether the car is unregistered [...]

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Victorian Police will target speeders and hoons more aggressively, with the Victorian Government announcing yesterday in the 2009 State Budget that it will be spending an additional $22.2 million to help cut the road toll by 30 percent by 2017.

But revelations that government revenue from speeding fines is expected to pass the $500 million mark [...]

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Police road safety blitzes during holiday periods are pretty much ‘a given’ these days, but despite our nation’s law enforcers constantly reminding us to drive safely, motorists in holiday mode continue to flout road rules and common sense.

The national death toll for the Easter long weekend officially stands at 15, with Victoria experiencing just one [...]

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