One of the major dilemmas for families and doctors of people with dementia is whether they should still be licensed to drive.
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A zero tolerance approach is unlikely to curb the behaviour of individuals who choose to drink then drive.
Would you take a longer route to work for the good of all?
No wonder you’re always late. Drivers use a route that minimizes travel time on only a third of their trips. Here’s how real-world data can help planners fight traffic congestion.
Obama’s proposal to add $10 tax to crude oil raises the thorny question of whether the U.S. can continue to fund its highway infrastructure with a fuel tax that hasn’t changed since 1993.
It is widely believed that youth recklessness is often the cause of young driver crashes, but is this simply a myth?
The focus is on reducing the “fatal five” behaviours that cause road trauma: speeding, drink and drug driving, not wearing seatbelts, fatigue and driving while distracted.
Teenagers are more interested in gadgets and flashy desig in their first car than they are about safety features. So how do we make them think safety is important?
Across the western world, the distance people travel is starting to fall. That’s a good thing, for us and the environment.
Driverless cars could soon be cruising Australian roads if South Australia gives the go-ahead to reforms to its road legislation. The technology promises to increase safety on our roads, but what happens…
Australians have long had a love affair with the car. Car ownership and use has increased every decade since its introduction to Australia. The car has fundamentally shaped the urban form of Australian…
Road safety is a seriously important public policy issue. Around 1.3 million people die in road crashes around the world each year. Among teenagers and young adults, road crashes are the number-one cause…
Personality traits can be used to predict a lot about a person. They can tell about their probable career success, if they’re likely to get divorced, their risk at dying early from disease – and now, how…
People have to take in a lot of information when driving, including the locations of other road users, lane markings, signals, speed limits, directions and the dashboard display. It only takes a second…
“The people that actually pay the most are higher income people, with an increase in fuel excise… The poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases.” – Treasurer…
Learner drivers and parents are often thrown in the deep end when it comes to learning to drive and recording hours in the logbook. As part of a unique approach to improving young driver road safety, I…
Cars are still the favoured mode of transport in Australia, despite their known environmental and health impacts. We know that alternatives exist — walking, riding, and public transport — that can get…
Few states mandate that doctors or other health professionals must report unfit drivers to licensing authorities – and for good reason. Driving is an everyday practice for many Australians, but that doesn’t…
If you find it hard to put your mobile phone away, you’re not alone – young adults check their mobile phones around 60 times a day. Worryingly, drivers continue to use mobile phones despite the evidence…
Children are 12 times more distracting to a driver than talking on a mobile phone, according to new research from Monash…
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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