Ramp metering is when traffic lights are used on motorway on-ramps to restrict the number and timing of vehicles allowed to enter the motorway. Traffic is held back in order to break up platoons of vehicles which make it difficult…
Ramp metering is when traffic lights are used on motorway on-ramps to restrict the number and timing of vehicles allowed to enter the motorway. Traffic is held back in order to break up platoons of vehicles which make it difficult…
A police officer can stop you for a random roadside inspection if you are driving a car or motorbike. There are vehicle standards in Australia which all vehicles must comply with which define a set of rules which ensures that vehicles operating…
Intersections are the most dangerous place on the road. Half of all crashes occur at intersections. Traffic lights attempt to meter traffic to help prevent the types of higher speed crashes that occur at rural intersections, but there are still…
Trucks take a long time to slow down and accelerate away from traffic lights and this causes congestion, particularly at the margins of the city centre, as fewer other vehicles are able to pass through the intersection. In order to…
Whenever you perform a manoeuvre such as turning right or left at an intersection, doing a u-turn, changing lanes, overtaking another vehicle or opening your vehicle’s door when there’s traffic passing, you make a gap selection (also called ’emerging’ if you…
Your eyesight must meet a certain standard for driving. It must be possible for you to read road signs, see pedestrians crossing the road and have enough peripheral vision to detect dangers around you. You can wear glasses or contact…
Merging into a stream of traffic is a critically important skill, especially at motorway speeds where getting it wrong can cause a serious crash. We merge like a zip – alternating vehicles slotting into the line of vehicles already on the…
