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New road laws for Victoria from November

September 11, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Road Rules, Safety, Victoria

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 [...]

BMW driver training goes to school

July 27, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under BMW, Car News, Road Rules, Safety

In an effort to create greater initiative for safety on our roads BMW Driver Training has joined forces with Melbourne’s Scotch College in a pilot program that aims to bring a higher level of driver education to next-generation road users.

Chief BMW Driver Training instructor Geoff Brabham headed up the program, sharing key driver safety tips [...]

AutoTalk – What We Think!

April 22, 2009 by Matt Brogan  
Filed under Car News, Road Rules, Safety, Speeding

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 [...]