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Overdrive: Buses don’t fit stops; Nissan 370 Z; A glorious retro; Passion in cars
23 February 2018
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Welcome to Overdrive, where we cover everything to do with motoring and transport from the sublime to the ridiculous. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: New super-sized $15 million bus fleet won’t fit in bus stops Cycling groups outraged at WA Road Safety videos depicting riders as
Will Autonomous vehicles be all their claimed to be?
15 December 2017
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Over the last few years we’ve seen a flood of talk about autonomous vehicles. Many people seem to think we are heading for motoring utopia where we will have door-to-door travel without any difficulties. It might be a little delayed, but of course you can work in the car. I don’t think it’s that easy.
Hino 500 Series medium truck. ESC & reversing camera now standard. At last trucks are catching up
25 February 2017
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I had the pleasure of driving a four and a half tonne truck around a figure eight skid pan the other day on full throttle. Hino were happy to let me have a fling in their new 500 series wide cab because it now had a range of new safety features. Foremost of these was
Overdrive: Privatisation impacts of Victorian Public Transport – Old Jags & the F-Pace
4 February 2017
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Hello this is Overdrive a program that tries to spread the word about trains, planes and automobiles. And in this program we look at news stories including: VW a surprise winner in sales race Tesla crash rate fell 40% after Autopilot’s Autosteer feature was installed Tesla, BMW electrics fail to earn top safety awards GM
