Recent claims that daytime headlight use will not lower the road toll are completely out of tune with the best available research, says one of the country’s leading road safety experts.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide, says virtually all international research has shown that daytime running lights can significantly lower […]

Ten leading American ecological scientists have sent a letter to President Bush and the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, urging that current biofuels policies be reversed. The letter said:
“We write to call your attention to recent research indicating that many anticipated biofuels will actually exacerbate global warming.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/science/earth/08wbiofuels.html

The scientists were reacting to two major studies […]

The government’s proposed new motorway is an act of insanity, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today,
“For the last three decades governments have been building motorways in order to solve Auckland’s traffic congestion, and the congestion has only become worse.”
“Building more roads will simply encourage further use of cars at […]

The closure of the Mitsubishi Motors plant is one more nail in the coffin of the Australian assembly industry, says a leading car expert.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide, believes that Ford & Holden will also stop manufacturing in Australia.
“Both Ford & General Motors are in serious trouble globally. Therefore, […]

There is credible scientific evidence linking lunar cycles and antisocial behaviour, according to a leading road safety researcher.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, who edits the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, said today:
“I’m not saying you can blame car accidents and crime solely on the full moon. I am saying that numerous scientific studies have shown a clear […]

General Motors is either deluded or deceitful in its promotion of electric cars as the way of the future, says the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide.
Responding to General Motors’ statement that “a switch to electric cars is inevitable,” Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today:
“Globally, much of the electricity to power electric […]

Australian motorists who buy European brands are unwittingly buying some of the world’s worst cars, says the car buyers’ bible, The Dog & Lemon Guide.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says:
“Australian motorists think they are buying an upmarket vehicle when they buy a European brand. However, European vehicles are often poorly built, unreliable and expensive to fix.”
Matthew-Wilson quoted […]

New Zealand motorists who buy European brands are unwittingly buying some of the world’s least reliable cars, says The Dog & Lemon Guide and the Consumers’ Institute.
Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says:
“New Zealand motorists think they are buying an upmarket vehicle when they buy a European brand. However, European vehicles are often poorly […]

New Zealand should treat alcohol in the same way it treats other addictive drugs, according to a leading road safety campaigner.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, whose pioneering work on crash testing and seatbelts led to major changes in government policy, said today:
“It’s time to stop blaming the victims and start restricting the easy supply of alcohol, especially to […]

United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged a growing concern over the environmental effects of biofuels. Speaking in Brazil, Ban Ki-moon said:
“Some fear that land currently used to grow food will instead be turned over to fuel. Others worry that forests will be cut down to make way for biomass plantations. Still more worry […]

The government’s biofuels strategy will do little to decrease New Zealand’s C02 emissions, while penalising poorer drivers due to higher fuel costs, according to the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today:
“The bulk of New Zealand’s C02 emissions come from transport and the farming sector, especially the dairy industry. Any strategy that […]

Many current biofuels use more energy to create than they give out; that is, the amount of energy used in growing, fertilising, harvesting and processing most crops generally exceeds the energy produced from the biofuel. And much of the energy used in this process comes from oil.
Ethanol

http://www.acfnewsource.org/science/ethanol_woes.html
http://petroleum.berkeley.edu/papers/patzek/CRPS416-Patzek-Web.pdf

Ethanol doesn’t necessarily save the environment. Critics of Brazil’s […]

BMW’s hydrogen-powered limousine is nothing more than “fantasy technology,” according to the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide (BMW’s release is below).
Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today:
“BMW’s hydrogen-powered car looks great on a video clip, but it’s basically a cynical public relations stunt using a discredited alternative fuel.”
“The problem is simple: making […]

Land Transport New Zealand’s new $2million anti-speeding advertisement is an expensive waste of money and should be scrapped, according to one of New Zealand’s leading road safety campaigners.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, says that the new ad, which shows a middle-aged man flipping a Ford Falcon onto its roof, […]

Electric cars are not a miracle cure for our transport needs, says the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today:
“Electric cars simply don’t make economic or environmental sense. They’re plagued by the same problems that have dogged them since the early days of motoring: high cost, limited range and the constant need […]

The world isn’t about to run out of oil, hydrogen is useless as an energy source and biofuels are wrecking the environment.
These are just three of the claims made by the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide in an article called ‘Five myths about energy’, released to the media today. The article’s claims are backed […]

Expert doubts Australian vehicle assembly can survive
The closure of Ford’s Victorian engine plant is probably the beginning of the end for Australian car assembly, says the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson believes that Ford, Holden and Mitsubishi will all eventually stop manufacturing in Australia.
“Both Ford & General Motors are in serious trouble […]

Holden should recall their recent Vectra model because the handbrake may fail without warning, says the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide.
Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today:
“There is clear evidence of a serious problem with these cars and Holden needs to take action now, before someone is killed or injured.”
There have been […]

A call by the police to lower the legal blood alcohol limit will not work unless it’s part of a package of measures to limit the promotion of alcohol, according to a leading road safety expert.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, said today:
“Am I the only one […]

Fines have little effect on curbing bad driver behaviour, and the government crackdown on unpaid fines will simply make a bad situation worse, according to the Dog & Lemon Guide. The largest study of fines (as a deterrent) ever conducted in Australia has shown that higher fines do not reduce the risk of […]