VACC survey says 28 per cent of cars unsafe

A recent report published by Victoria’s peak automotive industry body, the VACC, shows a concerning percentage of cars on the state’s roads are unsafe.

The latest Five Point Safety Check figures show that 28.54 per cent of vehicles on Victorian roads failed a basic safety check during their last service on key safety features such as [...]

New road laws for Victoria from November

Vicroads has announced a raft of new road laws aimed at making Victorian roads safer, all  to be effective from November 9 this year.

The changes apply to mobile phone & satellite navigation use, child restraints, motorcycle pillion passengers, U-turns and overtaking, seatbelts, cyclists, wheeled recreation devices, driving with trams and parking.
Mobile Phones & Visual Display [...]

Toyota Hybrid Camry begins pilot build

Toyota today moved a step closer to local production of the Hybrid Camry that it will introduce to the Australian market in February next year with the commencement of the pilot build program.

It has also indicated that it hopes the program, which is a mid-life move for the current model, will lead to the next [...]

Victoria cracks down on mobile phone use

Driving and using a mobile phone in Victoria is about to get a whole lot stricter with increased fines and demerit points to be introduced under a new proposal from the State Government.

The crack down will also include drivers using a phone that is not fitted to a cradle and will even extend to portable [...]

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.

Melbourne: warning on contaminated fuel

Updated (3.40pm):
The RACV and VACC have reported that thousands of Victorians’ cars have experienced engine trouble this week after a mystery fuel contamination.

Although the exact source of the contamination is as yet unknown several mechanics have reported samples from small, unbranded fuel outlets in Melbourne’s northern and south-eastern suburbs as being the culprit. As a [...]

Nissan and Victoria team up on EVs

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Victorian state government have formed a partnership to explore the development of a Zero Emission Vehicles program.

The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which a working team of representatives from the Victoria Government and Nissan will identify potential areas of cooperation in promoting the use of [...]

Victoria’s oldest “hoon” caught at 160km/h

Updated 5:45pm
Victoria’s oldest “hoon” driver, a 79 year old man from the tiny town of Aubrey in the Wimmera, asked police if he could be let go with a warning after being clocked at 60km/h over the speed limit.

The man, who recorded a speed of 160km/h, came to a screeching halt in the middle of [...]

Burnley Tunnel crash driver found guilty

The truck driver believed responsible for initiating Melbourne’s horror Burnley Tunnel crash in March 2007 has today been convicted of dangerous driving causing death which killed three men.

A Supreme Court jury of five men and seven women found David Kalwig, 44, of Hoppers Crossing, not guilty of the more serious charge of culpable driving. Kalwig [...]

$50m Victoria Speed Camera Blitz

Victoria is set to receive its largest expansion of the speed camera network since 1986 with the addition of 31 new fixed speed cameras across the state. 22 existing sites will also upgraded from red light to combined red light / speed cameras.

As if that’s not enough an additional 3000 hours per month – or [...]

Free car shows for Melbourne

Shannons are hosting free classic cars shows at Melbourne’s Federation Square on the last Sunday of each month until  Christmas.

The series kicks off this Sunday, June 28, with a display of sports cars from the 1920s and 1930s by the Vintage Driver’s Club.

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