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Drivers texting in actual driving test twice as slow to react — US study Drivers reading or writing text messages take twice as long to react and are 11 times more likely to miss...
Do helmets influence cycling participation? Australia has national, state and city targets to increase levels of cycling. The possible effect of repealing mandatory bicycle helmet...
Possible Actions on Cycling Safety Please comment: At the second Cycling Safety Conference hosted by the RAC with support from the Road Safety Council, the...
Car rolled on to Cycle Path (updated) Lucky no cyclist was using the PSP when a car rolled on to it from the adjacent freeway, as reported...
Labor Parliamentariens ride bicycles Eric Ripper MLA with Janine Freeman MLA, Ken Travers MLC and Chris Tallentire MLA (The BTA was able to catch...
Cycling to school Senior Lecturer Jan Garrard of Deakin University strikes again with her article “Why aren’t more kids cycling to school”. The...
Ride to work – get rewarded … not with money, but with the good feeling of knowing that you will arrive at work in better shape than...
512,000 WA people ride each week — mostly for fun More than half a million people in WA ride a bike each week, according to the National Cycling Participation Survey...
91% cite fear of traffic as barrier to cycling The RAC continues to move towards a “mobility” (as well as a car) organisation by spending money and time on...
Car parking instead of cycling promotion We delight in providing expensive facilities for people driving cars. For instance parking at train stations. The State Government has...
  • Drivers texting in actual driving test twice as slow to react — US study1December 17, 2011

    Drivers texting in actual driving test twice as slow to react — US study

    Drivers reading or writing text messages take twice as long to react and are 11 times more likely to miss...
  • Do helmets influence cycling participation?0December 13, 2011

    Do helmets influence cycling participation?

    Australia has national, state and city targets to increase levels of cycling. The possible effect of repealing mandatory bicycle helmet...
  • Possible Actions on Cycling Safety0November 28, 2011

    Possible Actions on Cycling Safety

    Please comment: At the second Cycling Safety Conference hosted by the RAC with support from the Road Safety Council, the...
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