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Victoria to adopt new road laws from today

Matt Brogan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:04:12 +0000

New Victorian road rules begin today, bringing Victoria more closely in line with the rest of the country. The rules fall under VicRoads’ Arrive Alive 2008-2017 strategy which aims to make roads safer and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries. These are some of the new regulations and a few of the penalties that [...]

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Victoria to adopt new road laws from today

VACC survey says 28 per cent of cars unsafe

Matt Brogan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:39:47 +0000

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 [...]

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VACC survey says 28 per cent of cars unsafe

New road laws for Victoria from November

Matt Brogan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:28:35 +0000

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 [...]

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New road laws for Victoria from November

Toyota Hybrid Camry begins pilot build

David Twomey — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:24:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Toyota Hybrid Camry begins pilot build

Victoria cracks down on mobile phone use

Matt Brogan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:17:39 +0000

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 [...]

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Victoria cracks down on mobile phone use

Victoria Police ‘hoon’ blitz starts tonight

Matt Brogan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:35:33 +0000

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. Regions identified as the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Victoria Police ‘hoon’ blitz starts tonight

Melbourne: warning on contaminated fuel

Matt Brogan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:42:57 +0000

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 [...]

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Melbourne: warning on contaminated fuel

Nissan and Victoria team up on EVs

David Twomey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:00:53 +0000

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 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Nissan and Victoria team up on EVs

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

Matt Brogan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:40:54 +0000

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 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

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

Burnley Tunnel crash driver found guilty

Matt Brogan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:59:31 +0000

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 [...]

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Burnley Tunnel crash driver found guilty

$50m Victoria Speed Camera Blitz

Matt Brogan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:35:56 +0000

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 [...]

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$50m Victoria Speed Camera Blitz

Free car shows for Melbourne

Matt Brogan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:55:58 +0000

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. Next month (July 26) will see up to 50 Porsches of all ages [...]

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Free car shows for Melbourne

Victoria Police operation targets truckies

Matt Brogan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:54:07 +0000

Victorian Police have this weekend completed a massive state-wide operation targeting truck drivers in what they say was a successful “blitz on heavy vehicle safety”. Operation Austrans saw Police intercept over 4500 trucks on popular interstate routes from Friday night with a result of more than 1200 infringement notices being issued. Drivers were booked for a range [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Victoria Police operation targets truckies

2010 FPV GT supercharged V8 ‘Coyote’ spied!

Paul Maric — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:08:45 +0000

A deafening whine made the ears of our spy photographer prick up, that deafening whine was the sound of a supercharged V8 Falcon. Before the car scurried off into the distance, our photographer was able to snap some shots of what could possibly be Ford’s latest attempt at slaying Holden’s HSV offerings. With over 60 per cent [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 FPV GT supercharged V8 ‘Coyote’ spied!

GM Holden future secure – Reuss

David Twomey — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:30:31 +0000

In a significant move GM Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, has been quick to assure that the dramatic moves in the United States will not have a direct impact on Australian workers or the Australian car industry. The Chairman and Managing Director of GM Holden, Mark Reuss, told a news conference this morning that [...]

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GM Holden future secure – Reuss

2012 Ford Ranger T6 Australian spy photos

Paul Maric — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:42:11 +0000

Last time we spoke to our renowned spy photographer, he explained to us that the new lens he bought allows him to gain two F-stops of light, but the addition of a teleconverter takes away one F-stop …whatever that means. Anyway, the main thing is that he has snapped photos of the 2012 Ford Ranger, codenamed [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2012 Ford Ranger T6 Australian spy photos

CarAdvice catches train surfer

Paul Maric — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:50:39 +0000

Quiet please, quiet please. And the winner of this year’s moron of the year award goes to… THE IMBECILE PICTURED BELOW! Photo by John Marx You can imagine how surprised CarAdvice’s Paul Maric was when heading home on Friday night after a road test. While we stand on a train overpass a train pulls in full of punters from [...]

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CarAdvice catches train surfer

4000 drivers screened in Victorian Police operation

Matt Brogan — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:31:51 +0000

As part of an on-going Police operation in Victoria, nearly 4000 drivers in the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston were screened for drugs and alcohol on Friday and Saturday nights. Police caught 11 drivers under the influence as part of Operation Boags 4 which also tested vehicles for harmful levels of smoke and/or noise with the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

4000 drivers screened in Victorian Police operation

Melbourne’s on-street parking fees set to rise

Matt Brogan — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:14:17 +0000

As if Melbourne drivers don’t already have it tough enough already with endless road works, hefty toll charges and ever growing peak “hours”, they’ll now also have to cough up another 50c per hour to park on CBD streets. Currently it costs $3.50 an hour for on-street parking in Melbourne, but this price will rise to [...]

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Melbourne’s on-street parking fees set to rise

AutoRoute: A different approach to 4WDriving Central Australia

Matt Brogan — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:32:32 +0000

-by Josh McKenzie I guess I can only blame myself for having been in this position. You see, I would normally do 25,000km a year as stipulated in my novated lease. However, for reasons that can only really be justified by a sense of adventure and youthful exuberance, I felt the need to spend parts of the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

AutoRoute: A different approach to 4WDriving Central Australia