FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVES have a greater propensity to roll over than conventional sedans, with their drivers more than three times more likely to be killed in a roll, latest research has found. The study into four-wheel-drive safety, commissioned by the RACV and undertaken by the Monash University Accident...
Was just reading a news item that suggest the legal drinking age should be lifted to 21.
In theory this sounds great, but would it really work?
THE parents of a two-year-old boy who drowned at the home of his foster family say they still cannot believe their baby boy is gone.Their son, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was playing on a plastic bike at the rear of his foster family’s home in Kuraby in Brisbane when he found his way into the backyard pool on Friday evening.He is the second toddler to drown in Queensland since New Year’s Day.
Toddler drowns in foster family’s pool in Kuraby in Brisbane | National News | News.com.au
When will pool owners become more vigilant? How many more young lives have to be lost before pool owners wake up to themselves.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after another teenager was stabbed to death last night in a fight on board a packed train in Sydney’s inner-west.
Commuters watched in horror as seven youths began brawling inside the first carriage of the west-bound train as it neared Campsie Railway Station, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Witnesses said that as the train neared the station one of the teenagers pulled out a knife and stabbed the boy in the chest at 5.30pm.
Read more…Teen stabbed to death on train at Campsie | National News | News.com.au
Well for Melbourne families at least.
Apparently with the increasing fuel prices the weekend away from home is no more, that is unless it is only a 2 hour drive. It is obvious that this will have an impact on tourism. Watch up for raising unemployment in rural areas of Victoria.
FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVES have a greater propensity to roll over than conventional sedans, with their drivers more than three times more likely to be killed in a roll, latest research has found.
The study into four-wheel-drive safety, commissioned by the RACV and undertaken by the Monash University Accident Research Centre, also found the occurrence of roll-overs trebled in higher speed zones of 80 km/h and above.
Drivers of four-wheel-drives aged under 30 were at much higher risk of being involved in a roll-over. The study investigated the injuries and deaths in 660,378 crashes, of all vehicle types, in Australia and New Zealand between 1999 and 2003.