The police (and other emergency services) use sirens as a warning to let motorists know they are coming. Modern sirens oscillate (i.e. the pitch goes up and down), usually in a band that sits between 1-3kHz (this is the pitch…
The police (and other emergency services) use sirens as a warning to let motorists know they are coming. Modern sirens oscillate (i.e. the pitch goes up and down), usually in a band that sits between 1-3kHz (this is the pitch…
Demerit points are penalty points applied against your licence for a range of driving offences. They are a punitive measure to encourage people to drive within the traffic laws. You can check your demerit points balance here. Demerit points expire…
If you’re heading on holiday to Europe to catch the late summer and you will be renting a car, it pays to know these rules so that you don’t get a fine. If you are taking children, every country has…
If you have an epileptic seizure you must stop driving immediately and notify Roads and Maritime – this is a legal requirement. A seizure means you will have a sudden loss of the ability to control a vehicle, and the risk…
Riders of skateboards, rollerblades and foot-powered scooters are treated as pedestrians. The definition of a pedestrian includes “a person in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy.” It also includes unicycles, snake boards, pedal go-karts, tricycles (including drift…
We are bombarded with advertising and marketing messages every day, but are they appropriate on the road where we can be distracted from the task at hand: driving? The whole purpose of a roadside ad is to distract the driver…
Two-wheeled vehicles are inherently unstable and therefore are much more affected when the road surface is inconsistent. It would be impossible to have all our roads in perfect conditions all the time, and that’s why it’s important that motorcyclists use…
