VICTORIAN ROADS AND PORTS MINISTER Tim Pallas has today announced a new action plan targeting the safety of motorcyclists and scooter riders.

The plan, which will be implemented over the next four years, will seek to significantly reduce numbers of fatalities and injuries sustained by motorcycle and scooter riders on Victoria’s roads.
“The new plan encourages greater [...]

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SYDNEY’S LORD MAYOR Clover Moore says a blanket 40km/h speed limit for the city’s CBD and inner suburbs would greatly reduce the risk of pedestrian fatalities, however the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority has yet to act upon the local council’s recommendation.

At yesterday’s Staysafe Committee Inquiry into Pedestrian Safety, Ms Clover said councils should be [...]

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FOLLOWING last month’s Operation Ardent, the Geelong and Brimbank districts became the focus of police attention for Operation Ardent II, conducted over the weekend.

More than 30 police vehicles and four booze buses were engaged in the three day-long blitz. Over the period of the operation, more than 1000 offences were recorded.

Of [...]

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A STUDY by the US-based Virginia Tech Transportation Insitute has found that texting on a mobile phone while driving increased the risk of a crash 23-fold.

The study also found that dialling another phone raised the risk of a crash 2.8 times, while reaching for an object within the cabin (such as a phone or music [...]

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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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VICTORIA’S GOVERNMENT has come under fire from the state opposition for ignoring the deteriorating condition of regional roads as a major contributor to the rising road toll.

Recent figures show that although the road toll is dropping throughout the state’s cities and towns, the rural road toll is on the rise, corresponding with condition reports which [...]

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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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VICTORIAN MOTORISTS will need to be extra vigilant from this week onwards. The Police and Victorian State Government have commenced a massive roll-out of new and upgraded speed and red light cameras across the state’s road network.

A grand total of 53 camera sites will either be established or upgraded, with 31 sites getting cameras for [...]

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ARRO, THE AUSTRALIASIAN Road Rescue Organisation, will be holding its annual road rescue challenge in Sydney from this Friday, bringing together accident response crews from around the region to find out who is the best at the unenviable job of extricating crash victims from twisted wreckage.

Rescue crews from across Australia will compete against crews from [...]

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IT HAPPENS with startling frequency: a driver is motoring along when all of a sudden they are incapacited by a medical problem.

Heart attacks, strokes, fits and other severe medical emergencies can and do happen when driving - affecting both the young and old - and while the event in itself can be tragic, it can [...]

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GERMAN AUTOMAKERS BMW and Daimler have teamed up with Bosch, Continental and Infineon Technologies to form an alliance aimed at increasing the use of advanced anti-collision radar systems in cars.

The joint initiative, named ‘Radar on Chip for Cars’ (RoCC), will develop the next generation of radar-based collision-avoidance systems and will work to make such technology [...]

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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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