Victoria Police ‘hoon’ blitz starts tonight

Victoria Police will tonight launch the second stage of Operation Ardent, a major road blitz aimed at dangerous driving across the state.

The operation, which will continue through until Sunday, will see police target specific trouble spots focusing on so-called ‘hoon’ driving as well as speeding, dangerous driving, drug and drink driving offences.

Mercedes-Benz Vito and Viano first to get five star safety

The Mercedes-Benz Vito van and Viano people mover are the first van-based vehicles in Australia to earn a coveted five-star ANCAP safety rating.

By John Cadogan
The announcement by Australasian New Car Assessment Program boss Lauchlan McIntosh took place at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne yesterday, two weeks after the final crash test that elevated the Benz [...]

NSW’S $7million speed camera!

It will probably get a pat on the back from the New South Wales Government, it certainly won’t win any kudos from motorists, but one speed camera in suburban Sydney has raised $7million in revenue in a year.

Described by Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph as the state’s nastiest speed trap, it has caught out 71,288 [...]

2009 Mercedes-Benz Experimental Safety Vehicle

Mercedes-Benz has long been a pioneer of innovative safety features which are traditionally first introduced in the flagship S-Class before finding their way into the mainstream.

Now the brand has unveiled the 2009 ESF Experimental Safety Vehicle – the first of its kind to be built by Mercedes-Benz since 1974 – which is packed with the [...]

BMW developing self-drive emergency stop system

BMW has announced that its engineers are currently developing a system which will safely bring a vehicle to a controlled stop in the event of a health related emergency.

The system will activate an autonomous driving mode which is able to navigate the vehicle to the emergency stopping lane of a highway, activate the hazard warning [...]

Don’t Tweet from the driver’s seat

The increasing functionality of mobile phone technology, coupled with a growing addiction to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, are driving motorists to distraction now more than ever before, with motorists openly admitting to breaking the law by ‘tweeting’ behind the wheel.

According to new research out today by UK firm esure car insurance, [...]

Roadside art ‘distracting’ to drivers

Insurance statistics from the UK have shown that drivers are distracted by roadside art to the point that 12 per cent of all motorists have had an accident or a near miss because they were too busy rubber necking.

With that in mind car insurance firm esure set about surveying 1,000 of its customers and found [...]

Deadly street race driver jailed

A man was jailed today for culpable driving after an impromptu street race in Lilydale, Victoria, back in July 2006, resulted in the death of two people.

The County Court heard the man had incited the illegal street race against another car which, following a brief race, struck a tree at over 160km/h instantly killing its [...]

Ronaldo writes off his Ferrari

UK football team Manchester United’s star player Cristiano Ronaldo has escaped injury after writing off his Ferrari in a crash on the way to training proving once again that just because you can afford it, doesn’t mean you can drive it.

The Portugal winger’s Ferrari collided with a roadside barrier in a two-lane tunnel near Manchester [...]

Video: Safe Driving Ads That Shock

As the official holiday season comes to an end at midnight tonight, Australia’s roads have seen some horrific accidents – with the road toll already rising to 55.

To put this number into perspective, we have come across an ensemble of graphic safe driving advertisements from around the globe, sure to convey the harsh reality of [...]

Webber seriously injured in head-on collision

Mark Webber has been involved in a serious head-on collision with a car whilst riding his bike south towards Port Arthur on the remote Tasmanian Peninsula just hours ago.
The current Red Bull Racing Formula One driver was competing in his own charity event, the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge, when the accident occurred.
While the full [...]

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