The police campaign to fine drivers with 5-post bull bars has been halted while a working group has negotiated a two-year reprieve. Police and others are concerned that the radical design of some of the bull bars compromises pedestrian safety…
Speed limit signs are always a black number inside a red circle. In New South Wales the speed limits range from 10kph to 110kph in 10kph increments, but the majority of roads will either be 50kph in urban areas, 100kph in…
When learning to ride your bike start in quiet streets with little traffic. Build up your confidence before you take on motorways and busy urban streets. Learn the characteristics of your bike and develop your reflex actions so that you…
When you are learning to drive it’s best to get instruction from a qualified driving instructor rather than just your friends or relatives. This is because many people crash within the first few years of driving, until they’ve built up…
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…
Often a poor memory is the result of a number of influences: we convince ourselves our memory is bad, we’ve been told our memory is bad, we haven’t practiced using our memory, or we haven’t learned how to remember. Don’t…
Railways are sometimes denoted using a crossbuck sign, and other times using a graphic or words. The direction of the tracks could be indicated on a sign. Crossbucks will sometimes show the number of tracks you need to cross, e.g.…
