Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
IT IS INEVITABLE THAT the increasing data collection systems being built into modern cars will be used by anyone who can see a profit in it. New research by Parkers.co.uk, a British website for car
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LIKE MANY CONCERNED MOTORISTS, we are all in favour of any action that will remove dangerous and irresponsible drivers from our roads, but we question the recent move by The Advertiser in South Australia to
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WE’VE ALREADY HAD MORE than one seniordriveraus reader contact us regarding pre-collision braking unexpectedly activating in Subaru’s large SUV, the Outback. One reader complained that he was test driving a 2021 Subaru Outback in the
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WE’VE WARNED ABOUT THIS worrying trend before at seniordriveraus and our concerns have been repeated by respected defensive driving instructor Ian Luff in a recent story on the ABC. As we all know, the prevalence
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YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED why a police officer asks you why you were speeding when they pull you over. After all, that’s why they pulled you over in the first place. Of course, such a
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HERE’S A STORY FROM the UK to send a shiver down your spine. UK motorists and other road users have sent 52,174 dash cam recordings of potential traffic offences to UK police forces since 2017.
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CYCLISTS SEEM TO get away with all kinds of bad behaviour, and that goes some way to explaining the antagonism between cyclists and motorists, even though many drivers are cyclists at various times, and many
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IT HAS BEEN ARGUED (with some justification) that even using a mobile phone in hands-free mode is risky. Now the UK government has announced new rules that make using a hand-held phone in any way
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IN A TIMELY PIECE OF ADVICE that’s equally as relevant to Australia as the UK, road safety and breakdown organisation, GEM Motoring Assist (UK) wants motorcyclists to stay safe when they venture back onto the
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JUST AS IN AUSTRALIA, the UK road toll reduction has levelled off, and discovering why is an important first step in getting back on track (although the ridiculous Victorian notion of “towards zero” will forever
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