Whenever you are parked, you should use your handbrake (also called parking brake, emergency brake or e-brake). Different cars have different procedures and different ways of applying this brake. It can be a lever between the seats, a foot-operated brake…
20-25% of women give birth via c-section. A c-section is where a baby is delivered via a cut through the woman’s abdomen into the womb. It is a major operation as a number of layers of muscle are cut. There…
90% of the input to our brain is visual; we rely heavily on what we can see to make judgements about how to react. At night, when all colour is gone and objects loom out of the darkness, our brains…
There are rules for the maximum size a vehicle can be to be driven on the road without a permit, pilot vehicle or other warning systems in place. What do maximum dimensions exclude? When vehicle dimensions are measured, the following…
If you’re heading overseas to America, the Middle East or Australia it’s possible to drive in a hot, dry desert, but you’ll need to be prepared as every year numerous people get into trouble being underprepared for making their way…
We have millions of them – so many that councils can’t keep up – and they cause millions of dollars of damage a year to people’s wheels and tyres. But how does a pothole form? It’s a very straightforward process…
Let’s say you put a professional drifter in a car – someone like Duane McKeever, someone who has consummate car control even when going sideways at 90mph – would they be allowed to drift on a public road? While there…