
Driving while tired can affect your concentration and reactions enough to make it as bad as driving drunk. If you leave it too long you will eventually fall asleep and have an accident that’s usually worse than if you had…
Following are a number of active road safety organisations which can provide various services and advice for different types of road users. Bikesafe – specifically for motorcyclists. Provide advice and workshops. Brake – promote road safety awareness, safe and sustainable road…
ABS is a system which prevents the wheels from locking, or stopping, in order to avoid a skid while braking. It doesn’t stop the vehicle from sliding sideways but, assuming that it is stopping in roughly a straight line, will…
More and more cars are appearing with stop/start technology which automatically shuts off the engine if the car stops, then starts it again once the driver either presses the clutch or releases the brake (depending on whether it’s a manual…
It was discovered in September 2015 that VW had been doctoring their vehicles to mask dangerous levels of emission. Following the German manufacturing company’s admittance that they had been rigging pollution tests in the US, it became apparent that millions…