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PROPER POLICING

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Every time I see a young P-plate clown laid back so far in the driver’s seat that he can barely reach the steering wheel, with the stereo blaring so loudly that he will be unable to hear emergency vehicles’ sirens, I get very irritated very quickly. These jokers are usually driving very slowly – chiefly because they barely have control of their cars – so it’s unlikely that they will ever get into trouble with the law. Because in this day and age there’s one offence for which a driver… Read more

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LEAD THE WAY? NO WAY…

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Holden VB Commodore

If there’s one thing that has become crystal clear to me in my forty something years in the motor industry, it’s never to lead the way in car design. Which probably makes me dull and boring, perhaps jaded, cynical even, but let me expand on my depressing thoughts. Holden is currently being slagged on all sides for building a large family car in times when buyers no longer want that sort of car. Yet in the mid 1970s Holden looked well into the future and provided a smaller family car…. Read more

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NEVER DRIVEN IN THE COUNTRY? HERE ARE SOME SAFETY TIPS

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Long empty country roads can be relaxing to drive on - but don’t relax too much...

As the weather warms up thoughts are already turning to the holiday season and the big trips through the countryside to enjoy this wide brown land down under. In these days of low-cost aircraft travel, a surprising number of city people never drive outside suburban areas, so some will make their first ever trip as a driver into the bush. Almost all will enjoy country driving, a few will hate it and, sadly, some may die in crashes. Open road driving is a lot different to driving in the suburbs…. Read more