Horror moment boy, 3, runs in front of car
A car dashcam has captured the moment a young boy wandered into the path of oncoming traffic in the middle of a dark Sydney street.
A car dashcam has captured the moment a young boy wandered into the path of oncoming traffic in the middle of a dark Sydney street.
A massive traffic jam has built up on a city freeway after a cement mixer truck rolled over and forced officials to shut down an entire roadway.
A major Melbourne freeway has been brought to a standstill after another early morning truck fire. Motorists should expect significant delays.
Photos have revealed the charred mess caused by a ferocious toilet paper truck fire that has kept a major Melbourne freeway shut for hours.
Shocking footage has shown the moment a truck slammed into a Brisbane bridge, sending debris flying before causing traffic chaos in Queensland.
A simple road rule question about when a driver can turn right at an intersection has divided motorists.
Aussie drivers have been slugged with more than $5.27 million in speeding fines from unmarked cameras in a single month.
One person has suffered critical injuries and two others have been taken to hospital after a serious crash in the state’s north.
A driver with three children in the car, including a baby boy, has spent the night behind bars after allegedly being clocked at 200km/h before crashing.
The Victorian government has come under fire this week, as disgruntled drivers brace for a potential new car tax.
A man has shared a quick and easy hack to avoid paying huge parking fees while leaving your car in the city on a big night out.
Shocking footage has emerged of a woman bashing her head on a car’s windscreen until it breaks in what appears to be a terrifying road rage incident.
Road rage is a major problem for drivers – and children are often impacted by the terrifying incidents, a new study has found.
Eerie dashcam footage has captured what a driver believed to be a young child standing in the middle of a Sydney highway at night.
Two men have died in a fiery crash after a Tesla “on autopilot with no one driving” crashed into a tree catching alight.
A section of a major highway could be shut for hours and a man has life-threatening injuries after three trucks smashed into each other.
A simple question on social media about changing speed limits when driving in a built-up area has left motorists stumped.
Two men got out of their cars and threw punches at each other in a road rage incident that was caught by another motorist’s dashcam.
A truck has veered off a motorway north of Sydney and erupted in flames early on Wednesday morning.
The daughter of a man killed when his motorbike was allegedly struck by a truck on the weekend has issued a desperate plea.
A radical proposal has been made to scrap the sale of new petrol vehicles in one Australian state to cut emissions.
Shocking pictures have laid bare the extent of a dangerous driving habit that one in 42 drivers engage in – and Victorian cops have a new way to crack down on it.
One state is on the verge of making the modern change after motorists glowingly endorsed a recent trial.
A Queensland cop has slammed the “senseless waste” and thousands of speeding drivers after a horror weekend on the state’s roads.
Dashcam footage shows a man’s new Lamborghini having a very close call as it is almost slammed by a tradie’s ute in Melbourne.
Drivers aren’t impressed after realising where they place their face mask while driving could cost them a hefty fine and demerit points.
A couple who became lost in the Australian outback said they thought they were going to die and even resorted to drinking their own urine.
Motorists have been warned to avoid parts of the northern beaches after a truck caught fire, triggering traffic chaos.
Petrol stations have been slammed for a ‘wrong and unacceptable’ act over the Christmas and New Year period following record prices.
An oil spill has closed a NSW highway in both directions as authorities undertake a clean-up.
A pregnant woman is injured and drivers are being warned of delays after a collision between two cars and a bus on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
A group of good samaritans have been forced to jump from a rolling bus after coming to the aid of a driver who suffered a suspected medical episode.
A man has died after his car smashed into a tree near the Barossa Valley. He is the second fatality on South Australia’s roads in 2021.
Victoria’s top traffic cop says she is “pretty annoyed” after a horror 12 hours on the state’s roads in which two drivers were killed while not wearing seatbelts.
You don’t have to spend big bucks to get a hatch that rewards keen drivers. This long-time favourite impressed our testers — and it’s best with a manual gearbox.
Petrol prices are falling in some major states as the new year chimes in – and should continue to drop.
NSW and Victoria have had significantly fewer road deaths in 2020, but Queensland road fatalities have increased dramatically.
This year was a tough one for the car industry but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the leading car photographers. Here are their best efforts.
Police have arrested a driver accused of drag racing another man along a Melbourne freeway and then fleeing a crash that left him fighting for life.
Melbourne’s Monash Freeway has been closed for the second morning in a row and a man is fighting for life after crashing while ‘racing’ another car.
It has been a horror four days on NSW roads since police launched a statewide holiday crackdown on driving offences, including one woman’s significant DUI charge.
A teenager has narrowly avoided hitting innocent drivers after allegedly driving a stolen car through a Melbourne tunnel in the wrong direction.
The deadline to replace faulty, sometimes fatal, airbags is looming, with thousands of Aussie drivers still at risk.
This brand was one of the greatest giant-killers in the history of motorsport before it was gobbled up by one of the giants. Some Aussies are keeping the dream alive.
Police will be on the lookout for a string of offences that will carry whopping fines and demerit points as the holiday period kicks off.
Petrol prices have been dropping in several major Australian cities – and filling up in the right place at the right time could cut $33 off a tank of fuel.
Drivers with decades of experience have struggled with a simple question about the rules of the roads that we use every day.
Police are now investigating after two ute drivers were filmed almost causing a high-speed accident while “playing tag” on a motorway.
A 95-year-old man has been filmed pottering along down the middle of busy Sydney roads on his mobility scooter, which can’t exceed 10 km/h.
A driver launched a foul-mouthed tirade at a young mother as she drove home after picking her children up from school.
Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/motoring/on-the-road/page/40