Welcome to Overdrive, where we cover everything to do with motoring and transport from the sublime to the ridiculous.
I’m David Brown
In this program we have:
- British drivers face a ban on hands-free mobiles (1:38)
- QTA Announces ‘Eyes On Fatigue’ In-Vehicle Technology Pilot (2:41)
- Study Finds Nearly Half Of Shared E-Scooters Being Ridden Illegally (3:25)
- Drivewyze introduces notification service for truck drivers (4:40)
- Toyota to launch road maintenance study in Japan (5:28)
- We hear the second report from Rob Fraser on the anniversary of Nissan sports cars. This time the GTR supercar. (6:14)
- We took a new Suzuki Jimny four-wheel drive to a car show but it had to compete for attention with an old Daihatsu. We interview the owner (12:03)
- And Brian Smith joins us again for a quirky news story on a competition for cargo bicycles (17:45)
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So, let’s start with the news
Originally broadcast 31 August 2019
