Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
AMBULANCE-CHASING LAWYERS HAVE made every car company a juicy target for disgruntled customers, in some cases roping buyers into questionable class actions with the promise of big returns and a promise of “no win, no
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Here’s how to ensure you aren’t distracted when driving DRIVING IS A COMPLEX AND demanding discipline. Drivers have to make hundreds of situational assessments and decisions every second they’re behind the wheel, and the consequences
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MANY DRIVERS ARE CONFUSED and not sure about their obligations and options when an emergency vehicle approaches. The confusion extends to how to respond at traffic lights, roundabouts, motorways without hard shoulders, stretches of road
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This article is from the Australian Road Research Board. It originally appeared on www.arrb.com.au EVERY NEW YEAR, THERE’S THE CHANCE for a fresh beginning with road safety. The national road toll and number of serious
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This article is from the Australian Road Research Board. It originally appeared on www.arrb.com.au In the photo above, Raphael Grzebieta, PhD, is seated in a rolled SUV that met the US roof crush design rule
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OVER-50S ARE GREAT CRITICS of young drivers, often with justification. But we’re not sure how well many over-50s would do in an innovative and worthwhile UK initiative aimed at young drivers. The search has started
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THE SUDDEN RUSH OF RECALLS continues with Toyota announcing a recall of the C-HR model produced between October 2019 to April 2021. The involved vehicles are equipped with a high-pressure fuel pump for the direct
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IT HAS LONG BEEN OUR contention that driver training needs to start far earlier than it currently does, especially in Australia. Behaviours are ingrained at an early age, and driver training that starts at 16
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IN A DECISION THAT MOST will find inexplicable, Victoria will become the first state in Australia to tax electric vehicle drivers after controversial legislation passed both houses of parliament. In a move that has attracted
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FOLLOWING THE RECENT RECALL of Kia Sportage and Stinger models (see our story here), Toyota has also revealed that its popular HiLux vehicles are also at risk of spontaneous fires. Hundreds of Toyota Hilux vehicles
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