Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
UK ROAD SAFETY AND BREAKDOWN organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to choose safe, legal speeds for all their road journeys. Driving above the speed limit, or, more importantly, at speeds that are inappropriate
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WE’RE ALL GUILTY OF IT at some stage or another. Sometimes we intentionally exceed the posted speed limit (especially when it seems stupidly low) and other times we look down at the speedo and realise
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A UK INDEPENDENT ROAD safety charity has called for safety camera technology to be applied to detect unregistered and uninsured vehicles. The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is highlighting to the police,
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ANYBODY WHO SPENDS TIME ON AUSTRALIAN roads knows just how abysmal many of our drivers are. Now Ford Australia has undertaken research that confirms Australian driver behaviour is as bad as it seems. As Australians
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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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“I am a 63 YO pensioner living in Toowoomba, Qld and have recently received a notice to pay A$177 for apparently driving at 67 km/h in a 60 km/h zone through a red light camera. I
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DESPITE EVER-MORE HOLLOW claims that speed cameras (hypocritically labelled “safety cameras”) are all about improving road safety, the simple truth is that authorities are more addicted to the revenue they provide than ever before. Victoria
Continue readingDESPITE ANY AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE that speeding fines do not discourage speeding, the Victorian government, already one of the most Draconian, has decided to increase the penalties for speeding, and in particular excessive (or“high range”)
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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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