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Nobody wants impaired drivers on the road. But if you take medicinal cannabis and need to drive, here are some options to minimise the risk.
If larger vehicles make us feel safer inside them, do they also make us take more risks behind the wheel?
In Australia, many drivers speak different ‘road languages’. Having a universal one could make us all safer.
The summer months can be especially deadly for teenage drivers. Training, road restrictions and adult guidance can help teen drivers stay safe during the summer and beyond.
Apps such as Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze can tell drivers when they are approaching speed cameras or random breath testing stations. So how are these apps affecting driver behaviour?
The Welsh government wants to make residential roads safer and quieter but not everybody agrees with dropping the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph.
Safety investigations into serious road collisions need to be conducted at a national level and by an independent body in the same manner air and rail occurrences are investigated.
Driver’s license suspensions increase the probability that Black – but not white – drivers incur more traffic tickets, even after the debt is paid, research shows.
Some people think road crashes are destined to happen and drivers can do little to prevent them.
Trials of the program found about 5% of offending drivers used their mobile phone with both hands, while the vehicle was moving.
Of course people need ethics. But the current troubles in the technology industry are not evidence of an ethics crisis; it is a public-policy crisis.
Britain’s Prince Philip recently announced he will stop driving, in the aftermath of a crash he caused after being blinded by sunlight. The crash raises a question: When should people stop driving?
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, Aberystwyth University
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Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Human Geography, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Ghana
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Professor of Geriatrics and Researcher, The Institute for Successful Longevity, Florida State University
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Senior Research Fellow in Road Safety Research, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology