New child-restraint laws are being enacted across Australia right now, placing a hefty burden of additional responsibility on parents. Babies up to six months must ride in rear-facing baby capsules, while children from six months to four years must be secured in an approved child restraint, and from four years to seven kids must ride [...]

Figures released by the NSW Audit Office reveal that school zone speed limits are being ignored by many motorists.
Auditor-General, Peter Achterstraat said although casualty numbers have dropped, ten out of 12 schools surveyed said that speeding was an ongoing problem.
“Only two out of 12 school zones surveyed saw motorists slow down to the speed limit,” [...]

With the roll-out of the first batch of 200 new digital cameras now under way in NSW, lead-footed motorists are at risk of being penalised twice if they speed through a red light.
The new cameras, capable of detecting both speeding and red light offences in the same moment, could see drivers losing their licence in [...]

Police believe a mobile phone application being used by Melbourne motorists to identify the location of police booze buses will not hinder their drink-driving fighting efforts.
Victoria Police Inspector Martin Boormansaid there was nothing illegal about the application, which is called Trapster.
‘‘It’s disappointing, but we don’t believe it will slow us down in any way, shape [...]

Swedish company’s new S60 sedan aims to reduce injuries and fatalities with new pedestrian-detection technology.
Crossing the road will be a little safer from late 2010 with the arrival of a car featuring the world’s first pedestrian avoidance system.
Volvo has released pictures and details of its next-generation S60 sedan that takes the company’s active-safety technology to [...]

A string of horrifying holiday crashes, many involving young people, has sparked a Carsguide reader backlash.
Parents and concerned drivers are calling for changes and improvements on all fronts to cut the carnage. Many have asked about the safety systems in cars, with the emphasis on airbags, anti-skid brakes and ESP stability control, but there [...]

Any lingering doubt that Australian governments are exclusively PR driven were put to rest last Friday in Victoria when Tim Holding, Minister for the Transport Accident Commission, announced tough new laws to sell or crush the cars driven by so-called ‘hoon’ drivers.
It’s an election year in Victoria, and public policy is being crafted around conservative [...]

Mercedes-Benz Toorak has now consolidated its entire retail operations on one location.
With extensive renovation work now complete at their Toorak-based showroom and workshop, the authorised Mercedes-Benz dealership has now integrated its satellite Camberwell facility into its updated Toorak site.
Toorak
Situated at Melbourne’s five-way Burke Road / Riversdale Road intersection, Mercedes-Benz Camberwell was established as a temporary [...]

Team Rally Australia is proud to announce that Hyundai Australia has become a sponsor of Australia’s team for the 2010 Dakar Rally in South America.
“We are proud to have attracted the world’s fifth largest automotive group to our team,” says Team Rally Australia racer Christophe Barriere-Varju. “Hyundai is our logistics partner and will support us [...]

Credit approved for new and used cars gives an indication that the automotive market is picking up.
The monthly Automotive Credit Demand Index, released for the first time by Veda Auto, shows automotive credit inquiries up 7.1 per cent in October from the previous month and 3.9 per cent for used vehicles.
However, demand for used car credit has [...]