Some car parks have to be reversed into, like these angle parks: With parallel parks you would almost always reverse in, but others, such as those in supermarkets or shopping centres are at a right-angle to the traffic passing by.…
Some car parks have to be reversed into, like these angle parks: With parallel parks you would almost always reverse in, but others, such as those in supermarkets or shopping centres are at a right-angle to the traffic passing by.…
There are two types of short cuts you can take: Along a different route, like a side road Through a private property such as a supermarket car park. The purpose of taking a short cut is to reduce your journey…
Austroads publishes a document called Guide to Road Design, which you can find here. It covers everything that road authorities should consider when planning and building a road: The objectives of new and existing road projects should be carefully considered…
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…
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…
More and more vehicles are coming with automatic stop/start technology which stops your engine if you are stationary with your foot on the brake, and restarts it as soon as you lift your foot off the brake. If you have…
Phantom traffic and jamitons One single car can start a traffic jam. Phantom traffic when cars on the road stop for no (apparent) reason. Traffic is a function of flow, density of the vehicles (i.e. how close they are together) and the…
