Your fitness to drive affects the safety of other road users because your health affects your perception, response time, ability to control the vehicle and ability to judge situations. In March 2012 new medical standards came into effect for all drivers…
Novice riders are only allowed to ride motorbikes approved under the Learner Approved Motorcycle (LAM) scheme. If you consider riding a motorbike like playing a video game, you wouldn’t expect to start at level 10 because you will quickly die…
A recent survey found that only 33% of young drivers never check their tyre pressures. Here’s what you need to be doing to keep yourself safe, and keep your tyres in great condition. Where your tyres meet the tarmac is a small…
There are two main types of speed limit signs: regulatory speed signs which you must not exceed, and advisory speed signs which indicate a recommended maximum speed for a corner in good driving conditions for the average car. There are…
One of the most dangerous manoeuvres in a vehicle is overtaking another moving vehicle, so in this article we’re going to cover the basic rules of overtaking, and then some advanced advice that you would get if you were training to…
May has been a busy month for changes that make vehicle ownership easier for NSW drivers. Roads Minister Duncan Gay announced two significant improvements: The introduction of 10-year drivers licences for drivers between the ages of 21 and 44 The extension…
Given that our temperatures mostly range between mild to scorching, it’s highly likely that you will not have had much experience driving in snow. Usually you would try to avoid driving in the snow if your journey isn’t necessary. However,…
