Government backtracks on default speed limit
By Andrew Collins and Rosemary Murphy
The truck industry has welcomed a federal government decision to walk away from lowering speeds on unsigned roads, but road safety experts question the move.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/reduction-of-default-speed-limits-not-on-the-cards/106052562
#Transport #Roads #DriverEducation #AndrewCollins #RosemaryMurphy
Instructors seek certainty on CCTV as ministers meet on learner driver safety
By Claudia Long
Driving instructors say they need national consistency on CCTV in their vehicles as transport ministers meet to discuss how to keep learner drivers safe from sexual harassment and assault.
#DriverEducation #RoadTransportIndustry #GovernmentandPolitics #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #TrafficOffences #SexualOffences #ClaudiaLong
Missing safety sign flagged months before WA fatal crash
By Andrew Chounding
A former road safety assessor says he wrote to authorities about missing signage months before a man in his 40s died on a winding road in southern Western Australia.
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #RuralandRemoteCommunities #DriverEducation #AndrewChounding
Honda Việt Nam tuyên dương các HEAD vì đóng góp trong đào tạo ATGT; tiếp tục cung cấp sản phẩm tiên tiến và trang bị kiến thức lái xe an toàn cho khách hàng, cộng đồng. #AnToànGiaoThông #GiaoThôngAnToàn #DriverEducation #RoadSafety #CSR #HVN #HondaVietnam #ĐàoTạoLáiXe #CộngĐồngAnToàn #TrafficSafety #SafeNONE
Crash simulation and morgue tour teach road safety
By Anna Cox
A simulated road crash and an introduction to the local undertaker are part of a confronting, but what police say is effective, road safety program in WA's south.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-24/road-crash-safety-education/105920154
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #SafetyEducation #RegionalCommunities #DriverEducation #AnnaCox
Inquest recommends reforms after cyclist killed by partially blind driver
By Eva Blandis and Daniel Keane
A coroner has recommended changes to national driving fitness standards following the death of cyclist Robert Hill who was hit and killed by a partially blind driver on a country highway seven years ago.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/robert-hall-inquest-findings-handed-down/105903390
#Courts #DeathandDying #Cycling #DriverEducation #EvaBlandis #DanielKeane
Brisbane level-crossing closures 'adding to congestion'
By Antonia O'Flaherty
The number of Greater Brisbane level crossings that are closed for more than an hour during the morning peak has doubled in the past three years, keeping some motorists delayed for up to one hour and 50 minutes.
#Trains #PublicTransport #DriverEducation #RoadTransportIndustry #AntoniaOFlaherty
'Get off your arse': McKenzie unloads on government over alleged assaults by driving instructors
By Claudia Long
Frustrated by what she sees as inaction over a 7.30 investigation into alleged sexual assaults made by driving instructors, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie demands action from the government.
These Aussies are making roads safer for overseas drivers
By Gillian Aeria
Driving a car or riding a bike may be essential for temporary migrants studying or working in Australia, but hook turns, wombat crossings, and roundabouts can be unfamiliar territory. Here are some locals working to change that.
#DriverEducation #OccupationalHealthandSafety #Transport #GillianAeria
Poignant display of loved ones' shoes a plea for road safety
By Elloise Farrow-Smith and Claire Simmonds
The families of more than 800 people killed on rural roads in the past year place their loved ones' shoes on display, as part of an action calling for improvements to road safety.
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Roads #RegionalCommunities #DriverEducation #ElloiseFarrowSmith #ClaireSimmonds
Queensland's learner licence scheme could be set for a shake-up
By Jack McKay
The Queensland government has flagged potential changes to the state's learner licence scheme, including the requirement for 100 hours of supervised driving.
Learners facing lengthy wait times to sit their driving tests
By Ursula Malone
Learner drivers across the state are having to wait up to two months to take their driving test and in some cases are struggling to find a booking at all.
Call to tighten international driver licence rules after Indonesian deaths
By Natasya Salim and Sally Brooks
Multiple fatal crashes involving Indonesian drivers on work and holiday visas prompt calls for better support inexperienced drivers who need transport to work in regional areas.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/call-to-tighten-international-driver-licence-rules/105136702
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #DriverEducation #AgriculturalWorkers #NatasyaSalim #SallyBrooks
Ten people killed in horror weekend on Queensland roads
By Vanessa Jarrett
Queensland's road toll climbs to 158, as 10 people are killed in five separate crashes over the weekend.
Free webinar from League of American Bicyclists aka #BikeLeague
EDUCATING DRIVERS ON SHARING THE ROAD: WHAT WORKS AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 3-4 pm Eastern Time
Details and registration link: https://bikeleague.org/calendar/driver-education-on-sharing-the-road-what-works-and-how-to-make-it-happen/
#BikeTooter #TrafficSafety #transportation #DriverEducation #BikeFriendlyDriver #driving #cycling #drivers #cyclists #RoadSafety #VisionZero
SA driving instructors worry new laws will make it harder for people with disability to get their licence https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-23/driver-training-testing-sa-law-change-instructor-opposition/104366256 #StateandTerritoryGovernment #PeopleWithDisability #LearningDisabilities #DriverEducation #Corruption #Disability #Discrimination
Back home after 3 day working trip to launceston.
I'm sitting on cruise control at 109km in a 110kmh overtake zone, and seriously, the number of 4WDs I see accelerating in the rearview mirror to try and pass me from too far behind and just about drive me off the road because the lane is ending and I need to merge….
Tasmanian drivers need to chill the fuck out and slow down. The highway has overtake lanes most of the way down within 5kms of each other. Just do the speed limit and wait for the next one, you can scream past me doing 130kmh then.
Nothing is more satisfying while driving in the #DMV than to come upon the Jacka$$ driver (who rode your bumper for miles and then attempted to engage in warp speed around traffic) at the red light 1/2 mile later. 🤣 Except maybe if they were pulled over by police for speeding. You’re only wearing out your brakes faster, not saving any commute time. Would it help to put #DriverEducation back in high school? 🤔
Canberra L-platers will soon be able to spend less time behind the wheel in exchange for a basic first-aid course https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/canberra-learner-drivers-first-aid-course-pushed-by-val-dempsey/101712724 #news #StateandTerritoryGovernment #DriverEducation #Accidents #Teenagers
