Statistics released by the police have revealed that a total of 402,626 road accidents were recorded in Malaysia from January to September this year, resulting in 4,379 fatalities. This is a jump from the 255,532 […]
The 2022 BMW X1 and the 2022 2 Series Active Tourer have scored the full five-star rating in their respective Euro New Car Assessement Programme (Euro NCAP) crash tests. Both models brought a strong showing […]
To a motorist, visibility – and being visible – is everything. Being able to see the terrain and conditions in front of you, or being clearly identified as a moving variable by other motorists, doesn’t […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a an updated manual to help policymakers to reduce the number of road traffic deaths and injuries involving motorcycles and other powered two- and three-wheelers – these are […]
Malaysia has been ranked to have the 12th worst-quality roads in the world, ranking 48th out of a total of 59 listed countries. The data compiled by US-based online driver’s education firm Zutobi for this […]
The ASEAN New Car Assessment Programme (ASEAN NCAP) has awarded the 2022 Honda BR-V a five-star rating, with an overall score of 77.02 points. Assessed under the 2021-2025 ASEAN NCAP protocol which adds assessment of […]
Subaru is developing a future iteration of its EyeSight ADAS suite that will employ artificial intelligence (AI) for its autonomous driving capabilities, Automotive News Europe has reported. Some of the autonomous driving capabilities could include […]
Grab Malaysia will be piloting AudioProtect, a new safety feature on the ride-hailing app for selected users in Penang and Johor Bahru from next month, the company has announced. Available only for Grab rides, this […]
We’ve shared a few posts on this before (see Myvi vs tanker), but here’s the most graphic example of the dangers of getting too close to a lorry’s side, specifically the blind spot of large […]
Ford is currently trialling new headlight technology that enables the projection of information on the road ahead of the vehicle for the driver to see, in order to help them keep their vision on the […]
The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) held a ground breaking ceremony today for its upcoming Technology Test Track (MT3) located in Sepang, with the aim of spearheading the development of safer vehicles in […]
Earlier this month, a video of a fuel tanker truck colliding with a Perodua Myvi went viral on social media. In the short clip, the driver of the Myvi had entered the blind spot of […]
A driver has posted footage from their dashcam of their drive last week, which portrayed the interaction between themselves and a traffic police officer, in which the driver can be heard being accused by the […]
Very large vehicles such as trailer trucks require plenty of room to manoeuvre, especially through junctions and bends. In the case of this coming together between a tanker and a Perodua Myvi, truck drivers cannot […]
With the adoption of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that is increasingly common among car manufacturers, each will tend to have their own names for a given system, which can confusion among users. For instance, […]
