Experts in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand say petrol will still be our main source of fuel in 15 years. The good news is the price of hybrid and battery-fuelled vehicles is likely to fall too.
Record sales of fuel-efficient, low-emission vehicles in 2015 show we do care about car emissions. In fact, it’s the biggest jump in sales the National Transport Commission (NTC) has ever reported since 2004.
Frequent drivers on Australia’s country roads will know many native animals die unnecessarily from collisions with cars. Motorists also risk injury and serious damage to their vehicles from impact with kangeroos at speed.
If you’re thinking of buying a motorbike to get around, you’re not the only one. The fastest growth in any kind of vehicle registration was for motorbikes, up 22% between 2010 and 2015. As of 2015, there were 800,000 motor cycles in Australia and 28% of those were registered in NSW.
Your car spends about 95% of the time sitting in a garage – yours or somebody else’s – and only 5% of time doing the work it’s designed for. It’s surprising that we so readily accept paying so much for something that just sits around. What if there was no such thing as car ownership?
Extreme weather is a fact of life in Australia and recent East Coast storms hammered people and property. A few unlucky ones have tried to drive through a dangerous flash flood and lost their lives.
How many drivers these days have a tattered copy of the local map book in their glove box? Chances are you are one of many motorists in Australia using car navigation systems or satnavs. But do you find your satnav distracting? Do you find you have to stop talking to your passengers so you can follow its instructions?
If the future of driving is self-driving cars, then what’s happening now? Car manufacturers are introducing all kinds of clever ideas to entertain and protect drivers – and pedestrians too.
Before you drive home from the pub after a couple of drinks, consider what your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is. Alcohol was involved in 15% of fatal crashes in NSW in 2013-2015 and over 20% of fatal crashes in Qld in 2014-2015. Unfortunately, most drink drivers who hurt others are well over the legal BAC limit. But what if the limit was zero alcohol?
Usually AFL teams are competing with each other but, on this occasion, Sydney Swans and Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants are working together for road safety. NSW Centre for Road Safety has signed them up again to raise awareness of mobile phone distraction and driver fatigue.
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