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Danish study shows increased speed limits can actually reduce the road toll.

March 4, 2019 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

A TWO-YEAR EXPERIMENT by the Danish Road Directorate shows accidents fell on single-carriageway rural roads and motorways where the speed limit was raised. When the speed limit on some stretches of two-way rural roads was

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When should you surrender your licence?

February 20, 2019 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver challenges, Aging driver threats, Need to know

PRINCE PHILIP WAS STILL DRIVING at age 97, but when he was recently involved in a car crash that sent two women to hospital, he (or his advisors) decided it was time for him to

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SA Police forced to withdraw all Lidar laser speed guns.

December 12, 2018 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

IN AN AMAZING about face, SA Police have temporarily ceased using handheld speed detection laser guns and will withdraw 125 prosecutions against drivers. This follows a number of successful challenges by drivers against speeding fines,

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Dangerous drivers should face tougher penalties

November 8, 2018 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

Drivers who kill on the roads have been getting away with minimal punishment for far too long. Now the UK has introduced much tougher sentences. Australia needs to look at similar penalties. THE UK HAS

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Speeding tickets get automated

October 14, 2018 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

THE FUTURE FOR SPEEDING MOTORISTS looks ever more glum, with a strong possibility that speeding tickets will be issued not by police officers, but by new automated law enforcement systems. Such systems are currently under

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Is car technology advancing faster than legislation?

October 10, 2018 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

Authorities are failing to keep pace with technology. Are we creating a potential problem by allowing people to sit tests in automatic cars, or by not acknowledging improvements in safety on modern cars? One of

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Are they going to take away your right to drive?

July 17, 2018 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats

IT SEEMS THAT there are more and more challenges to keeping your licence as you get older. Driving is and has been a major part of our lives, and losing the freedom to go where

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