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Two Tesla cars running on autopilot have crashed this year, and one driver was killed. It raises the question of whether the company’s autonomous driving system is safe for our roads.
Using elements of game play, we can create incentives for people to change how and when they make various transport choices in ways that enable the whole system to work better.
If the federal government abolishes the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal, a minimum pay to improve the safety of truckers is less likely to ever be addressed.
Was Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, right to say that evidence shows better pay for truck drivers will improve safety?
A zero tolerance approach is unlikely to curb the behaviour of individuals who choose to drink then drive.
Can software really be considered the “driver” of an autonomous vehicle? This is one question that needs to be resolved before driveless cars can hit the roads.
Cycling has flatlined in Australia since 2011, with many people citing safety concerns as the main reason not to ride. Wider recognition of cyclists’ right to be on the roads would help to boost the numbers.
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?
Driverless cars might require just as much driving as those we already use.
Cycling undoubtedly has health benefits but it also comes with costs – which is the greater concern?
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…
The US’s top auto safety agency last week fined Japanese car company Honda Motor a record US$70 million for failing to report hundreds of fatal accidents and injuries over the last 11 years. The unfiled…
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…
Blaming motorists for their speeding may at times be undeserved. We have recently shown that, rather than intentional wrong-doing by drivers, cognitive factors can explain speeding behaviour. Policies…
There is an unexpected revolution underway in road safety. True, the highly visible community-wide programs continue, but behind the scenes there are major changes underway in how safety will be managed…
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…
Public bikesharing schemes are sprouting up in towns and cities worldwide. The bikes are generally provided without helmets, and this has led to concerns regarding the risk of serious head injuries. It…
The National Sleep Foundation has done a great job terrifying citizens since the 1990s with its annual Sleep in America poll results. In 2005, 60% of adult drivers in the US reported that they’d driven…
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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