Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
IT’S BEEN A RECURRING THEME in seniordriveraus articles that the demise of physical buttons on modern dashboards is a retrograde step. Now, UK breakdown provider Start Rescue has reiterated our complaints. Scrolling through on-screen menus,
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BEING FOLLOWED TOO CLOSELY BY other drivers is the behaviour that distracts motorists most on the roads, latest research reveals, and as we all know, driver distraction is the major cause of crashes. A survey
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CONFIRMING WHAT WE’VE been saying for some time, a recent study by What Car? in the UK has identified the most distracting in-car infotainment systems. While the manufacturers continue to insist that in-car systems are
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FORGIVE OUR SCEPTICISM, but a recent study conducted by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) has found that not only is roadside advertising not distracting, “it can actually help improve driver performance” (our emphasis). Pardon?
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Touted as being a major step to reducing driver distraction, it appears some new in-car voice control systems are actually making the problem worse. Research conducted by the US AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has
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