Learner driver log book apps to record your driving experience and submit your log book hours
You can now choose one of three new digital log book apps. The digital log book apps provide similar features as the paper the log book for you and your supervising driver, including a record of your total driving experience and learning goal achievements. You will need to include the details of your licence and…
Read MoreSpeeding fines revenue across Australia now tops $1.1 billion annually
No one likes opening their wallet to pay a speeding fine. For Australian motorists, the collective sting of these fines now tops more than one billion dollars a year… and continues to rise. Victoria sits at the top of the charts for speed camera revenues. Fines from fixed and mobile traffic cameras topped $363.15 million…
Read MoreDouble demerits will be in place over the entire long-weekend for all speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle-helmet offences.
Operation Slow Down, the State’s Labour Day weekend road safety campaign, starts after Midnight tonight (12.01am on Friday 29 September 2017), and will continue until 11.59pm on Monday 2 October 2017. Double demerits will be in place over the entire long-weekend for all speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle-helmet offences. Officers will be out in…
Read MoreFrom November 20 how you get your drivers licence will change to make sure new drivers are safe drivers.
Did you know that in 2016, P1 and P2 licence holders made up only 8% of all NSW drivers, yet accounted for 15% of road fatalities? From November 20 2017, how you get your drivers licence will change, to make sure new drivers are safe drivers on our roads. Changes are coming to the testing…
Read MoreOne in five motorists has had a near-miss on the roads because other drivers have been distracted by their mobile phones
One in five motorists has had a near-miss on the roads because other drivers have been distracted by their mobile phones and almost a fifth of motorists admit to reading text messages while driving and using their phones illegally. NRMA director Tim Trumper said new research showed that drivers were twice as likely to have a…
Read MoreBoost helping John get back on the road after 28 years
John Hepworth says Port Macquarie roads have changed a lot since he last had his license when he was 21-years-old. “There are a lot more people on the road driving,” he said. Mr Hepworth regained his full license two weeks ago after 28 years. He said he was diagnosed with a mental illness when he…
Read MoreSecondhand danger: Old cars increase risk for younger drivers
According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald NSW’s youngest and most at-risk drivers are continuing to drive vehicles older than 10 years, which tests have shown may quadruple their chances of being killed or seriously injured in a crash. Around 45 per cent of those who died were driving vehicles at least 15…
Read MoreNearly 2,200 fined for mobile phone, seatbelt or vehicle defects in one-day blitz
Officers from the NSW Traffic and Highway Patrol issued 2199 tickets for mobile phone, seatbelt, and defective vehicles in a one-day state-wide traffic operation. The infringements were issued during Operation Compliance 3 which ran on the 9th August, targeting dangerous driver behaviour. During the operation, officers continued to see people disobeying the law, with officers…
Read MoreGet your hand off it! Are you driving blind?
Research shows that being distracted when driving, such as by a mobile phone, increases the risk of a crash. Simply taking your eyes off the road for longer than two seconds, doubles the risk of a crash. At 60 km/h if you look at your phone while driving for just two seconds, you travel 33…
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