Adam Carey

Adam Carey

Motorists driven to distraction by their own devices

Adam Carey More than 1000 people are predicted to die or be seriously injured on Victorian roads in the next five years due to driver distraction from in-vehicle technology such as car stereos, GPS devices or...

Don't fight back: how to tackle road rage

Adam Carey, Jason Dowling Do not retaliate.

Wheely nice, say Greens: New bike lanes for Collingwood street

Wellington Street, Collingwood

Adam Carey Collingwood will have separated Copenhagen-style bike lanes along Wellington Street after Yarra City Council voted in favour of building them at a meeting on Tuesday night.

City speed limits drop to 40km/h

40km/h sign

Adam Carey Speed limits on Melbourne's city streets will soon drop to 40 km/h in a move police say will reduce the number of casualties on the road by about 25 a year.

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Time to slow down, Melbourne

The new limit will be introduced progressively.

Adam Carey Speed limits on Melbourne's city streets are set to drop to 40km/h in the hope the number of on-road casualties will be cut by about 25 a year.

Unlit cyclists face greater injury

cyclist

Adam Carey Cyclists riding without bike lights are three times more likely to be seriously injured in a crash than those who are lit up, a major study of cycling crashes in Melbourne has found.

Cyclists open up on risky riding

Cyclist

Adam Carey Almost 40 per cent of Melbourne cyclists admit to sometimes riding through red lights.

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Fear of two wheels deters migrant cyclists

Nafrendin Ali is yet to venture out of the safety of the neighbourhoods he knows.

Adam Carey Nafrendin Ali got his first bike last year, five years after he migrated to Australia from North Sudan.