If you crash your own car, the costs are fairly straightforward to work out if it’s your fault: if you are insured it’ll be your insurance excess, the loss of your no-claims bonus and maybe a few other minor costs…
If you crash your own car, the costs are fairly straightforward to work out if it’s your fault: if you are insured it’ll be your insurance excess, the loss of your no-claims bonus and maybe a few other minor costs…
Police use a coding system to help them quickly describe a crash. It’s supplied as a matrix of ‘road user movements’ and based on 86 different crash scenarios. A crash could involve more than one of the codes. The matrixes…
One of the biggest causes of accidents is people braking too late. When we look at the road we are constantly scanning for hazards, but once we see something our brain has to process it against a set of likely…
Lane departure warning systems are technologies that warn drivers when the vehicle begins to move out of a lane that is defined on the road by painted lines. The systems don’t function if the driver is indicating, only if they move across…
Laws vary from state-to-state. In New South Wales the minimum distance to leave is one metre when the speed zone is 60km/h or less and 1.5 metres when it’s in a higher speed zone. This compares with a blanket 1.5m in…
This is a question that is mostly relevant to America, Canada and Japan because in the majority of the world, traffic lights are always vertical. If you’re driving around Australia, all our lights are vertically aligned, like the ones below.…
If your car’s wiper blades are splitting, streaking, skipping, or squeaking, it’s the perfect time for a replacement. When it comes to choosing the best wiper blades for your car, it’s imperative that you consider the size and fitment. Of…
