First filed 16 December 2010. A short while ago Driver Dynamics approached AUSmotive to support of their Summer Safe Driving Courses. Because we believe in the benefits of good driver education we were happy to help out. The following text has been supplied by Driver Dynamics and if you think you or a member of [...]

Here in Australia we’ve had some pretty confronting advertising campaigns to tackle the issue of road safety. This is especially in regards to targeting the young male audience, where graphic accident recreations are usually the norm. In fact, last year marked 20 years since the Victorian Government’s Transport Accident Commission began its crusade. Young males [...]

The Audi A1 is the latest car to be awarded a 5-star safety rating by testing authority Euro NCAP. The A1 scored 90% for adult occupants, 86% for safety assist, 79% for child occupants and 49% for pedestrian safety. You can read the full report on the Euro NCAP website. Meanwhile video footage and Audi’s [...]

The love it or hate it MINI Countryman now has one less reason to hate it. It’s performance at the latest round of Euro NCAP testing saw the not-so-MINI awarded a 5-star crash rating. The Countryman scored 84% for the Adult Occupant category, 83% for Child Occupant, 63% for Pedestrian and 71% for Safety Assist. [...]

Jeff Kennett, former Victorian Premier and Chairman of beyondblue, has put himself in some very hot water today by recommending Kool Mints to drink drivers as a means to defeat Police breathalyzers. Speaking to Neil Mitchell on Melbourne station 3AW Kennett said, “If you have had a couple of drinks and you want to absorb [...]

AUSmotive recently discovered that the Marulan Driver Training Centre provides a first class facility for road users of various needs and experience. Unfortunately, MDTC is under threat of forced closure due to noise complaints. On the day I attended MDTC all participants were asked to be mindful of surrounding properties and, anecdotally at least, I [...]

Sometimes the simplest ideas make the most effective statements. This is especially the case with the Embrace Life road safety commercial, launched as part of the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership in the UK. The ad first aired in January this year and has since received over 9 million views on YouTube. More recently the ad [...]

One of Australia’s most successful racing drivers, Mark Skaife, recently put his reputation on the line to promote his views on improving driver behaviour. He aired his thoughts a couple of weekends ago on Channel 7′s quasi-tabloid television program Sunday Night. Skaife’s three main steps to safer roads include accredited driver training, in a bid [...]

The cute Alfa Romeo Giulietta has recently been awarded a 5 star crash rating by Euro NCAP. With an overall score of 87 points from a maximum of 100 the Giulietta ranks as the safest car in the compact class. In 2009 Euro NCAP raised the bar on what is required to achieve a 5 [...]

In 2009 , for the first time, the EuroNCAP authority collated its test results from a single year and announced its safest cars of the calendar year. With a total of 103 points the Golf VI topped last year’s list, which also included an impressive 97% score for Adult Occupant protection. When the Golf VI [...]

Just before Christmas Audi knocked out a release saying their new A8 would soon feature Google Earth integration with its MMI navigation system. While that sounds kinda cool, a static image didn’t really cut the mustard. However, since then a video has been released along with a press statement from the Institute of Advanced Motorists [...]

Next Thursday marks 20 years since the first Victorian Government funded TAC commercial was broadcast on television screens. You can see that ad above, which is just as powerful now as it was two decades ago. To mark that event, and to honour the lives lost on our roads, Victorian Premier, John Brumby, is asking [...]

Volkswagen is getting in on the Frankfurt gig with a new three-door Polo to be revealed there in a few weeks. To get us in the mood the chaps at Wolfsburg have released a few pics and here they are for your viewing pleasure. Previously the mini-Golf had only been seen in five door guise, [...]

Here, in my home town of Canberra, as well as fixed speed and red light cameras, we have mobile operators monitoring and checking the speeds of the city’s motorists. I’m sure your home town has a similar set up. Thanks to a recent article in the City News I can tell you there are currently [...]

Swedish company Amparo has just started UK trials of a potentially life saving technology aimed at raising awareness of school children near public roads. The system, called SeeMe, uses a transponder attached to a school bag which will trigger solar-powered road side warning lights when a child with the SeeMe system in operation is near [...]