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AN INTERESTING ISSUE IS currently being debated concerning the release of your private details to third parties who may wish to pursue action against you. This has been a key factor in the matter of private car parks across Australia who want registration authorities to release the identities of car owners to them so they […]
Your hearing inevitably decreases with age, but at what point should your hearing stop you from driving? And when should you take action? An estimated 43 percent of people over age 65 have some degree of hearing loss – a percentage that increases significantly among those 75 and older. Because this hearing loss is usually […]
THE WORLD IS ALWAYS CHANGING, and nowhere more so than on our roads. Many drivers who first earned their driver‘s licence in their teens have been driving for decades. In that time, car technology, traffic rules and even the roads themselves have changed, in many cases almost beyond recognition. Older drivers in particular need to […]
MEDICATIONS ARE OF CONCERN at any age, but especially so as we get older. They may cause side effects that negatively affect our driving ability. And for many of us, as we grow older, we are taking more and more medications. The side effects from some (blurred vision, confusion, inability to concentrate, drowsiness, dizziness or […]
LIKE EVERYTHING connected with aging, diminishing skills happen slowly and over time. Although there are natural changes that may occur in our brains and to our bodies as we age, the question of when it is time to limit or stop driving is not about age. It’s about the ability of the driver. As we […]
IN AN INCREASINGLY INTERCONNECTED world, many people are becoming concerned that interested parties may be able to snoop on their driving habits. As you would expect, uncovering the extent of snooping by authorities and insurance companies into the driving habits of ordinary people is almost impossible. Vehicles manufactured since 1996 carry an onboard diagnostics data […]
It appears there is such a thing as motoring karma. In a recent study by the RACQ, it has become clear that bad-mannered drivers were more likely to make other drivers behave in a similar, bad-mannered fashion. In other words, when you drive like a twat, other drivers around you are more likely to also […]
MOST OF US ARE RESIGNED to parking fines levied by councils, but where do you stand with private car parks? A number of car parks are operated by private companies, often attached to shopping centres. In many cases, they allow a motorist to park for a specified time period for free; others have a fee […]
ONE OF THE BIGGEST concerns for many people as they get older is how long they will be able to maintain their independence by being allowed to continue to drive. Increasingly, authorities are looking at the effects of aging on our ability to drive, and that means they are also looking at removing licences from […]
A DRIVER WHO CAN’T SEE what’s happening is clearly a risk to all road users. And yet, authorities have shown little interest in testing drivers’ eyesight at regular intervals. In Britain, as in Australia, eyesight tests for drivers are not compulsory, but one road safety organisation, GEM Motoring Assist, is calling on the British government […]
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