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Multi-tasking behind the wheel
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Life is so hectic that it seems we're expected to be able to do more than one thing at a time. This "multi-tasking" culture continues when we get behind the wheel and that's a big problem.
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Drive safely this Christmas
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011
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Australian Road Safety Foundation says that most traffic incidents are preventable and all drivers must take responsibility for our road toll. It urges all road users to focus on driving everyday of the year, not just during the festive season.
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Australian Road Safety Awards Winners Announced
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
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The winners of the inaugural 2011 Australian Road Safety Awards
presented by Caltex were announced tonight during the National Final and
Gala Dinner held in Sydney.
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Australians urged to stay safe this Christmas
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
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The National Transport Commission (NTC) has today encouraged all road
users to keep the festive spirit alive by staying safe on our roads this
Christmas.
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Ultimate Crash Test
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
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The team from the British TV Show Fifth Gear, wanted to see what happens when you crash a car travelling at more than 190km/h into a solid concrete barrier.
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New study says texting doubles a driver’s reaction time
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Friday, 14 October 2011
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Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University have determined that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when distracted by reading or sending a text message.
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Cars at Fault in 82% of Fatal Crashes with Trucks
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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Car (non-truck) drivers are at fault in 8 out of 10 fatal accidents that involve a truck and another vehicle, according to the latest study into serious truck accidents by the National Transport Insurance (NTI) accident research centre.
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Australians Find Driving to Work More Stressful Than Being at Work
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Monday, 5 September 2011
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A survey commissioned by Renault Australia has revealed that 83 per cent
of Australian drivers find driving to work more stressful than being at
work. This statistic rises to 90 per cent for those who commute more
than one hour each day.
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Cars Making Noise - To Save Lives
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Monday, 5 September 2011
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With more electric and hybrid cars on the roads, there is
clear evidence that these silent cars put pedestrians at risk as there
is no audible warning of their approach. But Lotus have a plan to make these silent cars produce noise to
warn pedestrians of their presence.
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New workplace driver training system to save money and lives
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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Arguably, driving is the most dangerous work-related activity performed by most people in Australia. Queensland-based company Driver Safety.com.au this week will launch an online risk assessment tool providing employers with an efficient and effective means of assessing their drivers’ behaviours and level of risk on the road.
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Self-Repairing Tyre Unveiled
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Monday, 8 August 2011
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Getting a flat tyre can not only be
inconvenient but it can also be very dangerous. But thanks to a breakthrough
tyre technology, the punctured tyre could soon become a thing of the past.
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Redland City Council lead the way in workplace driver safety
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Friday, 5 August 2011
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Redland City Council’s commitment to safe operations and safe-driving will be further enhanced with the launch of a driver safety program that could eventually be targeted at up to 1,100 Council employees.
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Vodafone Drive Day
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Friday, 5 August 2011
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The Vodafone drive day was recently hosted at the Holden Driving Centre. The day saw both Vodafone staff and clients take to the track for a day filled with exciting driving activities. Activities included Go karting , 4X4 courses, reversing challenges, lane changing activities as well as the ultimate V8 driving experience which allowed participants to drive upfront with the famous Vodafone triple eight racing team.
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Local 4BC listeners take on driving experiment
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Friday, 5 August 2011
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Three enthusiastic 4BC local listeners volunteered to be a part of an age assessment driving experiment. Toni (23), Anne (44) and James (77) all participated in a half day driving assessment course which took place at the DriverSafety.com.au office.
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Corporates key to reducing Australia’s road toll
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
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Australia’s prospects of further cutting the number of deaths and
injuries on the national road network would be greatly enhanced by
businesses taking action on road safety within and beyond their
workplaces.
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Volvo's City Safety System Cuts Low Speed Crashes
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
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A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) has found Volvo's
city Safety System is preventing about a quarter of the common low-speed
crashes that happen in everyday commuter traffic.
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Korean Car Designers Take Out Ferrari Design Award
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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A team of budding car designers from South Korea’s Hongik University has
beaten students from two of the world’s leading car design universities
in Europe to win the 2011 Ferrari World Design Contest.
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New Road Sign Technology Critical
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
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The two heavyweights in road and car safety, EuroRAP and Euro NCAP,
have joined forces to call on the motor industry and the highways sector
to work together to ensure that technologies now available in the
showroom reach their potential of saving thousands of lives.
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Blindspot Ratings Revealed
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Monday, 20 June 2011
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Many drivers could unknowingly be “driving blind” according to the results of visibility testing of new vehicles by RACV.
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Global Colour Preferences Reveal Customer Tastes
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
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Studies of European and US customers reveal colour trends by market: Both regions remain loyal to traditional core colours. Colour preferences for Australians shaped predominantly by two aspects – climate and culture.
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New Australian Road Safety Awards Launched
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Monday, 16 May 2011
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Supporting the worldwide launch of the United Nations-declared “Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020”, the Fatality Free Friday Road Safety Foundation has announced a new initiative – the launch of the Australian Road Safety Awards.
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Future Drivers Make a Stand for Road Safety
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Monday, 16 May 2011
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Representing the number of deaths on Queensland roads in 2010, 249 senior Springfield College students gathered to mark the official launch of the United Nations’ (UN) first ever “Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020”.
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Politeness Not Dead On Australian Roads
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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A new University of Queensland (UQ) study has found evidence of widespread altruism in Australian society through a study of driving behaviour in Brisbane, Australia.
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Ferrari 458 Italia 2011 World Performance Car of the Year
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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The Ferrari 458 Italia has been elected 2011 World Performance Car of the Year by a jury of the world’s leading motoring writers.
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Calling All Learner Drivers
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Learner drivers throughout Australia are encouraged to participate in the World’s Largest Driving Lesson on Wednesday 4 May to not only improve their driving skills, but to help set the world record and raise awareness about road safety.
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Road Crash Injury Rates Rise
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Friday, 1 April 2011
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A new report has revealed that the number of Australians seriously injured in road traffic crashes is on the rise.
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Australia First For Subaru Eyesight
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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Subaru will launch its third-generation safety system, EyeSightTM, in Australia later this year, becoming the first overseas market for the advanced technology, which has already achieved major sales success in Japan.
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South Australia Gets Stars on Cars
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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Safety rating stickers will be placed on cars at dealerships across South Australia in a new move aimed at bringing down the road toll.
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Rising Figures Drive New Towing Course
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Friday, 25 March 2011
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Towing a trailer or caravan drastically increases the level of difficulty of driving, but now help is at hand. A new course provides skills on how to make towing safer, easier and a far more pleasant experience.
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Telstra Launches M8 IT CAN W8
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
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Telstra has launched a new national driver safety education program to discourage drivers from the dangerous practice of texting behind the wheel. The campaign’s first goal was to encourage at least 50,000 Australians to commit to break their dangerous texting and driving habits by Fatality Free Friday on May 27.
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Official Ferrari Opus
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
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Is this the world's most expensive book? The Official Ferrari Opus is certainly the most lavish, most valuable history of Ferrari that has ever been produced and you won't find it at your local book store.
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Commuter Stress
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
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Feeling stressed when you're on the road. Well you're not alone. A new study has shown that the majority of Australians are stressed out by their daily commute.
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Ferrari FF Revealed
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
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Ferrari has released the first pictures of the new Ferrari FF in action in the frozen wastes of Finland.
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EuroNCAP NAMES ALFA ROMEO’S GIULIETTA AS A SAFETY LEADER
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Friday, 28 January 2011
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EuroNCAP, the world’s leading independent car safety testing organisation, has named the Alfa Romeo Giulietta as the safest car in its category and the leading small car it tested in 2010.
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A Ferrari That Can Tell If You're In The Mood
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Friday, 21 January 2011
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Imagine a car that can tell what mood you're in? Well hold on, it could be just around the corner.
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New Research Shows Benefits of Simulator Training
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Friday, 21 January 2011
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A new Canadian study says older drivers would become better and safer by practicing in driving simulators.
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Motorists Urged to Avoid Travel
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Queensland Main Roads Minister has pleaded with motorists to avoid all non-essential travel and warned that there are likely to be ongoing road closures in the South East region due to flooding.
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Timely Christmas Warning to Slow Down
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Friday, 17 December 2010
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Speeding drivers admit they are more concerned about calculating the risk of being caught than the risk of being hurt.
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Safety Urged When Operating Vehicles
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Monday, 13 December 2010
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Prosecutions by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland have highlighted the importance of appropriate training and risk management in preventing injuries and fatalities.
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Chain Of Responsibility Management Seminar
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Thursday, 9 December 2010
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Many Queensland businesses owners have no idea they’re personally liable for massive fines and potential jail terms if one of their employees or contractors breaches road safety practices.
The National Compliance and Enforcement legislation adopted by Queensland means all parties in a ‘transport chain’ have responsibility to ensure road safety through Chain Of Responsibility (COR) laws.
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Speed Camera Lottery
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Tuesday, 7 December 2010
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Speed cameras have often been called a ‘flash for cash’ but a trial in Sweden is putting some of that cash into the hands of drivers who do the right thing.
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Road Train Technology Tests Underway Before the End of 2010
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Monday, 6 December 2010
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It sounds like something out of Blade Runner, but our highways could soon have computer controlled auto pilot lanes.
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Simulator practice would make perfect say parents
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Monday, 1 November 2010
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Parents of Australian teenagers say their learner drivers practice would become better and safer drivers if they learned basic driving techniques in a computer simulator than the roads.
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New TAC project built to save lives
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Monday, 1 November 2010
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Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) will invest $50 million over four years to create a world-first Road Safety Experience Centre, state premier John Brumby announced last month.
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International driver program makes a world of difference
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Monday, 1 November 2010
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DriverSafety.com.au has signed a contract with BP North America to deliver an International Familiarisation Driver Program for its Australian-bound employees.
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Euro NCAP Reveals Today’s Best Safety Innovations
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Monday, 4 October 2010
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Euro NCAP has presented the first Euro NCAP Advanced rewards for safety innovation at this year's Paris Motor Show.
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Airbag Anniversary
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Monday, 27 September 2010
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Airbags are a standard on many vehicles today – even the compact models – but it wasn’t always an easy road.
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L-Plate Issues
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Thursday, 23 September 2010
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A number of recent media stories have highlighted some very alarming issues about learner drivers.
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Star In A Reasonably Priced Simulator
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Monday, 6 September 2010
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Welcome to our picture gallery featuring 'stars in our reasonably priced simulator'.
This will be an occasionally updated feature with images and commentary from media, entertainment and sports celebrities who test their skills in the DriverSafety.com.au Australian Driver Simulator. The first in our gallery in V8 Supercar driver Jamie Whincup.
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How much is too much?
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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
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The next time you're reaching for another beer or pour an extra glass of wine at the next barbecue do you know whether that's the drink that will put you over the limit?
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Driving Simulator Hits The Road
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Friday, 20 August 2010
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Drivers around the country have the chance to get behind the wheel of the DriverSafety.com.au advanced driver simulator during it's first national roadshow.
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Aussies speak out about their Top ‘gripes’ on our roads
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Wednesday, 18 August 2010
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A new national survey have lifted the lid on what stresses us out while driving. Almost all the drivers surveyed said they have experienced unsafe and potentially life-threatening behaviour on our roads.
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CARMA Road Safety Program Launches
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Monday, 16 August 2010
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CARMA is aimed at improving motorists’ driving habits and reducing the country’s road toll through identifying common behaviours that contribute to incidents of road trauma.
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Nissan Introduces New Technology Designed to Help Detect Moving Objects Around the Vehicle
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Monday, 16 August 2010
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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced its new “Moving Object Detection” (MOD) driving assistance technology, which is designed to detect moving objects around the vehicle and alert the driver to their presence.
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Nissan Introduces a New Technology Designed to Help Prevent Higher Speed Rear End Collisions
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Monday, 16 August 2010
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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced its “Forward Collision Avoidance Assist Concept.” The new system has the capability of avoiding possible collisions at forward speeds of up to approximately 60kph, the highest speed ever for forward collision avoidance systems.
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‘Invisible’ children drive road safety home
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Monday, 5 July 2010
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How do you make a child invisible? Easy, just get behind the wheel of a car. Russell White explains just how dangerous reversing can be.
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3pm is driving dead zone
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Friday, 2 July 2010
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Fatigue can kill at any time of day, says one of Australia’s leading driver trainers.
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Blind To Danger
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Friday, 2 July 2010
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The majority of car drivers are putting themselves at risk of a collision and don’t even know it.
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Why Driving Is A Pain The Neck
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Friday, 2 July 2010
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People who find driving a pain in the neck might need to blame their driving style, according one of Australia’s leading driver trainers.
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Mercedes-Benz Initiative To Reduce Drowsiness At The Wheel
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Mercedes- Benz has challenged other manufacturers to follow their example and aim to significantly reduce the number of fatique related crashes on the roads.
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Townsville City Council Drives Road Safety Message Home
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Townsville City Council is taking the lead in road safety in north Queensland by introducing an innovative driver safety training program for council employees.
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