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  • 23 December 2019

Overdrive: Smartphones for Pedestrians; Stink Bugs hit Hyundai and Kia; Disability and transport

Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport

  • ACCC issues new Takata airbag warning for thousands of cars (1:35)
  • The $73b company with no name: Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot (2:45)
  • Holden announces exclusive SUV and Ute line-up (3:35)
  • NSW’s smartphone-detecting traffic cams go live this weekend (5:31)
  • Stink bugs delay Hyundai & Kia Shipments (6:22)
  • New Kia logo (7:53)
  • ‘Smart’ headphones to warn pedestrians of road dangers being developed (8:19)
  • Last week we spoke of the top of the range Nissan Navarra N trek Warrior dual cab ute.  We covered the specifications now this week Rob Fraser takes it down the Blue Rag track in Victoria (9:45)
  • And I play part of an interview I did for a radio documentary on disability and transport (16:10)
  • And in Quirky news – Brian Smith and I discuss how car companies help the Apollo Space mission (31:20)

You can find more information at Driven Media or previous programs are available as podcasts on iTunes or Spotify. OR our Facebook site OverdriveCity

So, let’s start with the news

Originally broadcast 21 December 2019

Tags: ACCCairbag warningAnyautoApollo Space missionBlue Rag trackBrian SmithChryslerDavid Browndisability and transportDocumentaryDriven MediaFiatHeadphonesHoldenHyundaiKialogoMotoring minuteNissan Navara N trek WarriorNSWOverdrivePedestriansPeugeotRoad dangersRob FraserSmartsmartphone-detecting traffic camsStink bugsSUVTakataTransportUteWarn

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