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Conflict in the Middle East has led to long petrol queues in Australia. Going electric ends reliance on fuel imports – but will you pay back the EV premium?
More lives are being lost on Australian roads despite safer cars and road safety campaigns. We breakdown the groups that are most vulnerable to fatalities.
Supply and demand imbalance means the automotive sector may be heading for a perfect storm.
The Garden State is the only one in the country that forbids self-service gas stations − and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
There are more reliable tests of visual acuity.
Self-driving cars still perceive what’s going on very differently to how humans do.
Bike riders wear helmets and high-vis vests to reduce their vulnerability on the road. Problem is a new study finds this dehumanises cyclists, putting them more at risk of aggression from drivers.
Labor has put fuel efficiency rules on the agenda. But the standards must be stringent and purpose-built for Australia.
Scrapping a grant for electric cars in the UK may be a backward move.
The long queues and forecourt closures have been blamed on lorry driver shortages and panic buying. But is that the whole story?
Drivers and cyclists develop distinct identities of themselves and others in ways that mirror the formation of ethnic identities. And on-road segregation runs the risk of reinforcing this process.
Trials of the program found about 5% of offending drivers used their mobile phone with both hands, while the vehicle was moving.
When computers take the wheel, the emotive aspect of driving will change significantly.
Bumps in the road are dangerous, expensive and difficult to fix.
Because Australian roads were built and designed with motorists in mind, it is easy for Australian motorists to feel cyclists are using ‘their’ roads and disrespecting the natural order.
New South Wales’ new tougher bike laws reveal an ongoing war of the roads.
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