Crash technology to be developed to detect characteristics of a kangaroo’s bounce

The world’s first automated driverless ute is to be trialled on the state’s country roads next year. Aussie boffins are building the automated ute to develop crash test technology that can deal with the unique characteristics of kangaroos bouncing onto roads.

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The world’s first automated driverless ute is to be trialled on the state’s country roads next year.

Aussie boffins are building the automated ute to develop crash test technology that can deal with the unique characteristics of kangaroos bouncing onto roads.

There have been over 500 serious injury crashed involving kangaroos in NSW.

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“You couldn’t get two more typically Australian things than a kangaroo and a ute,” Roads Minister Melinda Pavey said.

“We are bringing them together in this technology project with a very serious aim — to make drivers, passengers and pedestrians safer on country roads in the future.”

In the five years to 2017 there were more than 500 serious injury crashes involving kangaroos on NSW roads — three of them fatal.

The technology will be installed into the world’s first driverless ute in a trial at making country roads safer.

There have been two fatal crashes involving kangaroos this year.

NSW Transport boffins will buy a standard Toyota Hilux and install technology to turn it into an automated vehicle for the 12-month trial that will run on the roads around Dubbo towards the end of 2019.

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James Calder, of the Society of Independent Brewers, said Belgian beers, stouts and some IPAs “have more interesting and complex flavours … the higher [alcohol content] is simply part of that traditional style of brewing”.

But Andrew Misell, of Alcohol Change, warned: “If we drink these as we would a weaker beer, we’re in danger of drinking a lot more than we intend.”

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