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Men are two and a half times more likely to die in a car crash than women. Here’s how we can make our roads safer for everyone.
If your car connects to the internet, what personal data could it be sharing – and even selling? A new report on Australia’s 15 most popular car brands reveals these privacy concerns.
Apps such as Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze can tell drivers when they are approaching speed cameras or random breath testing stations. So how are these apps affecting driver behaviour?
There’s a risk that the belief that electric vehicles are much greener results in owners driving more often or faster, or using cars instead of public transport.
Research shows we have a culture of thinking it’s normal to break driving laws.
Would copying other states and dropping the default limit by just ten kilometres on country roads in WA and NT make a difference? And how might it be enforced?
It can be easy to speed, even without meaning to. Here’s why and what you can do about it.
Tesla’s recall of over two million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada is meant to address driver overreliance on the semi-autonomous Autopilot feature.
Increasing awareness of the dangers ‘forever chemical’ road salts pose to our fresh water systems highlights the urgent importance of finding new approaches to de-icing our roads.
Automobile technology provides opportunities for older drivers to maintain their independence and autonomy, but cars need to be designed with their needs in mind.
Companies like Uber and Lyft have a long way to go in improving worker safety to ensure both drivers and passengers feel safe on the road.
Road deaths have remained stubbornly high in Australia over the past decade. Do we have the right strategies in place to address the problem?
The Welsh government wants to make residential roads safer and quieter but not everybody agrees with dropping the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph.
Imagine an NBA game played outdoors in August, with no substitutions and players wearing snowsuits, gloves and ski masks. Race car drivers routinely compete under similar conditions.
Electric vehicles, in contrast to fuel-powered vehicles, have more mileage in city driving than highway driving. This is because they convert kinetic energy back to electric.
Learner drivers in New South Wales are subject to some of the most stringent requirements before getting their licences – but our study shows it doesn’t necessarily make them safer drivers.
There’s a blood alcohol limit for legally being permitted to drive. Should we have a ‘fatigue limit’?
Developers love the cul-de-sac, but for the rest of us it’s one of the least practical and efficient ways to design streets.
It’s the holidays and for many of us, that means driving. Here’s how to keep your cool on the road this summer.
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Transport, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow in Road Safety Research, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Keele University
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PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
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Professor and Chair of Department of Psychiatry and Director, Center for Medical Cannabis Research, University of California, San Diego