VICROADS HAS TODAY announced higher fines for motorists caught speeding, with ‘on-the-spot’ fines for driving more than 30km/h over the limit rising from $310 to $380.

To be introduced from November, the new higher penalties follow figures released last month that showed Victorian speeding fine revenue has risen dramatically in the past year.

VicRoads Acting Director [...]

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THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT is set to introduce new laws this year to address heavy vehicle speed compliance.

Aimed at reducing fatalities and injuries involving speeding trucks and buses, the laws will focus not only on drivers, but also employers and other people in ‘off the road’ roles who influence speeding.

Neil Chambers, Deputy Chief of the [...]

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DESIGNED TO EDUCATE young drivers on the dangers of mobile phone use while driving, VicRoads has launched its own iPhone game.

Called CityGT and developed in partnership with marketing group JWT, the aim of the app is to show young drivers the potential consequences if a driver becomes distracted by talking on their mobile phone while [...]

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Victorian Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas today announced that from November, a revised version of the Victorian driver’s licence will be launched.

Produced at what the Minister described as a “centralised, secure facility”, the new cards will have improved security features designed to combat identity fraud.

Mr Pallas said that, while the licences would look and [...]

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Trying to think of just the right combination of registration plate letters and numbers to stick it to the world? You’ll need to get creative, but it seems it’s not impossible.

While the likes of “SNATCH”, “ORGASM” and “MURDA” failed to make it through the registration process at Victoria’s VicRoads offices, more than a few clever [...]

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Today Mercedes Benz is celebrating what it has described as “an outbreak of common sense” from the Victorian government, allowing probationary licence-holders to drive previously prohibited vehicles.

Under the previous law, vehicles fitted with a turbo or supercharger were automatically deemed high performance vehicles, regardless of a car’s actual performance characteristics.

Mercedes-Benz has championed the use of low-pressure [...]

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Not everyone has been thinking with their bums on the dual issues of high petrol prices and urban congestion.

Victorian motor body, VACC, has called on State and Federal Governments to give more support to scooter and motorcycle riders. It says that high petrol prices are fuelling the case for two-wheeled transport, and is calling on [...]

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There was a time when personalised registration plates were built around the idea of a car being 2SEXY4U, or the type of car that you should NV.  Nowadays though, as the younger internet generation—those who were virtually born into an internet-ready world—finally start to graduate from Need For Speed to Check Me Out I’m Licenced, [...]

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The RACV has been successful in coercing Premier John Brumby to introduce legislation limiting the amount of passengers carried by Victorian P-plate drivers. The new law will come into effect on July 1 this year and effectively limits a P-plate driver from carrying more than one passenger aged 16 to 21, unless there are exceptional [...]

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