NSW trialling electronic speed limiter in cars

The New South Wales government will begin testing a new electronic speed limiter device on Wollongong roads next month which it says could one day become a standard feature on all cars.

Although its effectiveness is already being questioned as drivers will be able to override the system at the flick of a switch, which would [...]

AutoTalk – What We Think!

To show we’re more than road testers and news writers, members of the CarAdvice team will from here on in present regular editorial pieces on a topic close to their heart … or simply something they need to get of their chest.

Every morning when leaving for work I have to pass through a school [...]

UK speed limit petition gathers pace

A petition against the British government proposal to reduce the national speed limit from 60mp/h to 50mp/h (96km/h to 80km/h) has gained over 20,000 signatures to date, and is currently the fourth largest petition on the website of the Prime Minister.

The government has reducing the national speed limit on safety grounds, but the Association of [...]

Push to extend double-demerit point program

Assistant Commissioner (Traffic) Ken Lay has proposed re-introducing the double-demerit point program in Victoria next Christmas, claiming it has worked wonders in reducing the road toll in other states.

The statistics behind this move however indicate a possible 63,000 drivers in Victoria with 10 or more demerit points are at risk of losing their licences.

NSW speed demerit points to be lowered

The NSW Government is set to announce a reduction in the amount of demerit points relating to minor speeding offences within the next few days.

While the amount of points pertaining to exceeding the limit by less than 15km/h is currently three in NSW it is understood that this could be lowered to one, to bring [...]

Share my story – QLD transport tries something new

We all know the horror graphic ads showing in detail what smoking does to our body, but does it really have a lasting affect? Has anyone quit smoking because they saw an ad showing what it’s like to have throat cancer?

Recently we posted these rather graphical ads showcasing the “most emotional” road safety ads from [...]

School’s back – slow down

Police are urging motorists to observe school zone speed limits after a blitz in Melbourne yesterday nabbed one driver at 97km/h through the 40km/h school zone.

He was one of 17 people caught in the busy St. Kilda school zone in the first hour of the operation.

2008 Road toll figures lowest in 59 years

The final road toll figures for 2008 have been released, setting last year’s record at 1463 road casualties.
This is a reduction of 153 deaths over 2007 and 135 over 2006. The good news is this is the best year on record since 1949, it sounds even better when you take into consideration that there are [...]

Two Victorian motorists take speed cameras to court

Two Victorian motorists who revealed how mobile speed cameras were unreliable have begun a legal battle to show Victoria’s fixed cameras can’t be trusted either.

John King and Claus Salger say thousands of Victorians are wrongly fined for speeding each year caught by fixed cameras that are poorly installed, calibrated and maintained.

Victoria’s oldest hoon nabbed

While media focus on P-plate traffic incidents continues to fill the headlines, it is worth mentioning that a 78-year-old Victorian man has become the oldest person to have his car impounded under the new hoon laws.
The driver was stopped after travelling at speeds of up to 170km/h in a 100km/h zone, allegedly in pursuit of [...]

Car confiscation in new P-plater plan

A new plan will be put to the New South Wales government that will allow police to confiscate cars from P-platers for three months if they are caught driving more than 20km/h over the speed limit.
The proposal follows five serious P-plater accidents in as many days, one of which resulted in the death of a [...]

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