It can be easy to speed, even without meaning to. Here’s why and what you can do about it.
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As you travel around the country this holidays, you might see some roadside trailers or tripods. They’re mobile road safety cameras and they can catch out a range of bad driver behaviour.
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.
With the Clean Car Discount under threat, more large, polluting and dangerous vehicles will hit New Zealand roads. That will further discourage walking and cycling.
Most drivers admit to speeding and it’s causing an increasing number of deaths on our roads. Using intelligent speed assist technology can reverse this deadly trend.
We accept the daily toll of road deaths and injuries as the price we pay to be able to drive everywhere, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
The High Court has ruled the right to charge an electric vehicle tax rests with the Commonwealth despite the Constitution not mentioning cars or roads.
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.
Early in the pandemic, when there was much less traffic on the roads, people took to their bikes. But since then, fewer people are cycling, with rates now lower than in 2011.
Safety investigations into serious road collisions need to be conducted at a national level and by an independent body in the same manner air and rail occurrences are investigated.
Long-haul truckers often work grueling schedules with few breaks and face pressures that place their safety and that of others at risk.
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.
Some councils have installed zebra crossings at selected T-intersections, where they do improve safety. The problem is they also add to the existing confusion at other intersections.
Concern over bilingual road signs in New Zealand is as much political as it is about safety – but the international evidence suggests there’s little to worry about.
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’?
Deciding when someone no longer has the ability to drive safely can be difficult – and it’s not just a matter of age. But there are practical steps we can take to ensure older drivers are safe.
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.
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Fellow in Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow in Road Safety Research, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Research Fellow in Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
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PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Lead, UQ Micromobility Research Cluster, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology, Macquarie University
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Senior Researcher, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology, The Open University
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Adjunct professor of mechanical engineering, Tufts University