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  • Front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive? Does it make a difference?

    YOU’VE PROBABLY WONDERED why motoring enthusiasts seem to have a preference for rear-wheel drive vehicles, while most car companies are moving across to front-wheel drive. So, is one better than other? And if so, is it suitable for you? ADVANTAGES OF REAR-WHEEL DRIVE. 1.         Rear-wheel drive delivers better handling in dry conditions. Because the driving […]

  • McLaren 570S Spider 2019 review

    Paul Murrell tests the 2019 McLaren 570S Spider with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 driver needs to know. Summary: While many buyers will head straight for “the usual suspects” (Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Audi), there’s a lot to be said for taking a road less travelled. 2019 McLAREN […]

  • What you should do when faced with an emergency vehicle.

    JUST THE OTHER DAY, I was travelling towards a major intersection when an ambulance approached from the opposite direction, sirens wailing and all lights flashing. It was educational to see how the motorists around me reacted.  Because of the multitude of flashing lights, the intentions of the ambulance driver weren’t clear – if he was […]

  • What is the real purpose of driving fines?

    RECENTLY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, a car crashed into a shop on South Road, Edwardstown. Significant damage was done to both the car and the shop, but neither the driver nor anyone else was injured. So I was rather amazed to hear that the driver had been issued with a fine for “fail to give way”. […]

  • Driverless cars will change the face of our cities.

    ONE OF THE THOUGHT-PROVOKING presentations at the International Driverless Cars Conference in Adelaide was made by David Homburg, president of the SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects and Adelaide-based principal of global design practice HASSELL. Some of the delegates were initially wondering what an architect had to bring to the discussion about driverless […]

  • Finland moves to make the car obsolete.

    A carless future may be closer than you think. FINLAND IS MOVING to make private cars obsolete within 10 years. While there are no plans to ban motor cars, ambitious plans are under way to link car sharing and public transport systems to make Helsinki the world’s greenest city. Authorities are developing an app to […]

  • Most people who drive for work have never been offered driver training.

    Would you send a worker into a factory without training? Of course not. But most people who drive for work have never been offered driver training. Seventy-two percent of people who drive for work in the UK have never been offered driver training, according to a survey by IAM Drive & Survive, despite 44 percent […]

  • Will a driverless car deliberately try to kill you?

    The short answer is: quite possibly, yes. WHILE THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS that autonomous cars will reduce the road toll, one speaker at the International Driverless Cars Conference raised some potentially disturbing ethical issues. Associate Professor Robert Sparrow of the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University asked delegates to consider some […]