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 [...]

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain – Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious

- Words by Alborz Fallah Photography by Tristan Schoonens

For those of you that have settled into the reality that Australia has no real driving roads, I am here to shatter your illusion.

The mystery traffic device

Several of our readers have sent in photographs of what appears to be a mobile speed camera device, masquerading as a traffic counter. Located on several on and off ramps on Victoria’s Western Ring Road, the devices have been operating for the past few weeks.

As you can see in the photographs, the device has been [...]

Driver training for parents, not just P-platers

Advanced driver training courses are still a voluntary afterthought for many new drivers amidst seemingly more important skills such as parallel parking and three-point turns.
 
In a bid to increase the competency of new drivers, leading driver training experts are calling upon older drivers to undertake a defensive driving course to update their skills.

Creepy new TV campaign for SA

Yet another shock tactic TV campaign was launched last night in an attempt to stop the motoring public “creeping” over the speed limit.

The ad was put together from actual footage collected from CCTV cameras and footage sourced directly after road crashes in the state of South Australia and uses horror movie music and snippet filming [...]

Police agree speed cameras are for revenue raising

Perhaps the most important victory for all car enthusiasts and anyone that has had to suffer from fixed or mobile speed cameras has come today, from no other than Victoria Police.
A recent survey by the Herald Sun has found that more than 70 per cent of Victorian police believe speed and red light cameras are [...]

2008 Easter road toll

This year’s Easter road toll has hit 21 and going by the latest police reports, it might go even higher.

So far Queensland has had the worst record with seven deaths, Western Australia has hit five, Victoria is currently sitting at four, Tasmania is three and the Northern Territory and South Australia have each recorded one. [...]

New TAC ad to air tonight

New TAC ads featuring the grieving families of fatal road crash victims will air in Victoria tonight.
The emotional ad which pleads for motorists to slow down and attacks speeding drivers is the latest installment of the TAC and State Government’s ‘Speed Kills’ campaign.
TAC Minister Tim Holding said speed was a factor in at least 30 [...]

Satellite speed-limiter system starts trials

The transport authorities’ obsession with the speeding  has taken aa step further. The Victorian Government will soon begin testing a device that can electronically slow a car using satellite technology.

The project is dubbed AISAI, Australasian Intelligent Speed Adaptation Initiative, and will be the first of its kind in Australia.

Top UK Police speed enforcer loses licence for speeding

Justice for UK motorists today as South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes, the official in charge of proposing rules and regulations for traffic policing across England, has lost his right to drive for the next 42 days.
His lawyer offered Hughes’ guilty plea to the charge of driving 90 MPH in a 60 zone (145km/h [...]

Tough new anti-hoon laws for NSW

Under a new set of laws outlined today by the NSW Government, car hoons could face potential jail time for aggravated street racing, burnouts and other dangerous driving offences.

The news comes following the decision to begin destroying cars in crash tests as a drastic measure to cull would-be hoons.

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