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  Audi to own up to self-driving car accidents – report

  11 September 2017 / 5 comments

  Audi has stolen a march in the race of automomous vehicle developments, with the first Level 3 autonomous car in the new A8 flagship sedan. Naturally there are concerns with what happens in the event […]

   

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  Mazda CX-5 scores five-star Euro NCAP safety rating

  6 September 2017 / 12 comments

  The Mazda CX-5 has been awarded the maximum five-star safety rating by the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), where the result will be shared with the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) as […]

   

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  VIDEO: Why you absolutely have to use a child seat

  30 August 2017 / 31 comments

  It’s 7pm, which means the long Merdeka and Hari Raya Aidiladha weekend has already kicked off for most of you. Many will be taking advantage of the break to head back to their hometowns, and […]

   

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  Toyota Safety Sense reduces rear-end crashes by 90%

  29 August 2017 / 12 comments

  Japanese automaker giant Toyota has announced plans to expand its adoption of safety support technologies to continue reducing the incidence of collisions, in particular rear-end collisions. The company has found that vehicles equipped with the […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP 2017-2020 Protocol – a closer look

  18 August 2017 / 23 comments

  The new 2017 Honda CR-V is the first car tested under ASEAN NCAP’s new 2017-2020 protocol – and as you could probably tell, the results for Honda’s latest SUV look rather different from those before. […]

   

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  2017 Honda CR-V scores five-star ASEAN NCAP rating

  17 August 2017 / 37 comments

  The New Car Assessment Programme for South East Asia (ASEAN NCAP) has released the first crash test result under its new 2017 protocol, with the Honda CR-V bagging a five-star safety rating. Under the new […]

   

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  Never rest your legs on the dashboard, here’s why

  11 August 2017 / 17 comments

  If you need a reminder not to put your legs on the dashboard as a passenger in a car, maybe Audra Tatum’s story will set you straight. In August 2015, Tatum was sitting in the […]

   

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  Rolling barriers reduce accidents by 94% – ministry

  10 August 2017 / 36 comments

  The Works ministry has said the installation of the rolling barriers safety system along certain roads in Malaysia has helped reduced accidents by 94%. Its deputy minister, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said the ministry […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz patent for external A-pillar airbag filed

  9 August 2017 / 3 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has filed a patent for an airbag which deploys from a vehicle’s A-pillar, to make front-end pedestrian collisions more survivable in the event of such occurrences. The patent is an extension of the pop-up […]

   

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  VIDEO: Why wearing the rear seat belt is a must!

  9 August 2017 / 21 comments

  If you’ve had difficulty convincing others (or yourself) that buckling up in the back seat is a good idea, beyond just obeying the law, check out this in-car video of crash test dummies in a […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia airbag inflator replacement status – 81.2% for driver’s side, 59.5% for front passenger

  8 August 2017 / 8 comments

  Honda Malaysia has provided a status update on its Takata airbag inflator replacement programme, revealing the overall completion rate for both driver and passenger front airbag inflators replacement is at 70% as of August 8, […]

   

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  Uber car subject to recall caught fire in S’pore – report

  4 August 2017 / 0 comments

  Ride-sharing company Uber has often been in the news for various reasons, though in Malaysia recent amendments have been made to legislation in order to regulate and legalise ride-sharing in the country, according to The […]

   

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  Time to restore discipline on roads – MIROS chairman

  27 July 2017 / 35 comments

  It is time to restore road use discipline, and have no compromise in dealing with reckless road users and habitual offenders, said Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, […]

   

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  Volkswagen Arteon attains five-star Euro NCAP rating

  27 July 2017 / 0 comments

  The Volkswagen Arteon has won a five-star rating in Euro NCAP, and with the highest score for pedestrian protection achieved by an executive car to date. In the Adult Occupant Protection category, the Arteon scored […]

   

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  JPJ – more traffic offences to go ‘straight to court’

  26 July 2017 / 37 comments

  The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is considering increasing the number of traffic offences for which offenders will be taken straight to court, The Sun reports. Currently, abuse of the emergency lane is the only offence […]

   

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