Your helmet is your lifeline in the event of an accident, so you’ll need to choose one that is perfectly fitted to your head and your requirements to help it give you the maximum protection possible. It is illegal to…
Your helmet is your lifeline in the event of an accident, so you’ll need to choose one that is perfectly fitted to your head and your requirements to help it give you the maximum protection possible. It is illegal to…
Your helmet is designed to minimise the risk of head injury and therefore they are made to specific standards to ensure that each helmet meets the minimum criteria. In Australia there are standards for motorcycle helmets based on Australian Standard…
Braking, or stopping distance, is the distance a vehicle travels from the full application of its brakes until it has stopped. Vehicle manufacturers try to shorten stopping distances because the shorter the distance, the more likely the driver is to…
As well as driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the road if you go to America, you’ll see some signs that are unique based on their wildlife. Panthers, bobcats and lynx can be found in some areas of North America.…
Driving smoothly is one of the easiest skills to learn and do, but many of us fall into bad habits, or perhaps aren’t taught. If you can drive smoothly you will use less fuel, not wear your brakes out as…
Some bods in the European Commission have been studying what influences how people travel to work. They looked at 112 cities in Europe with populations between 100,000 and 500,000 residents and used a mathematical model to predict whether commuters would…
Sometimes you are forced into a situation of having to create supremely clear learning materials. That is what Peter Chalmers, a driving instructor since 2000, found when he travelled with his wife to work in an orphanage in India for…
