http://dogandlemon.com/site The world\'s largest car buyer\'s guide, produced by complete cynics. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:35:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A leading road safety campaigner has savaged a recently released list of safe and unsafe second hand vehicles. The study, compiled by Australia’s Monash University Accident Research Center, claims to have used actual crash data to determine whether a type of vehicle is safe or unsafe. A leaflet based on ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/07/28/safety-survey-a-pack-of-lies-au/ A leading road safety campaigner has savaged a recently released list of safe and unsafe second hand vehicles. The study, compiled by Australia’s Monash University, claims to have used actual crash data to determine whether a type of vehicle is safe or unsafe. A leaflet based on the study is ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/07/28/safety-survey-a-pack-of-lies/ Motorcycle riders are around 14 times more likely to be killed than a person driving a car. The recent dramatic rise in motorscooter sales will inevitably mean a big increase in road deaths and injuries, says a leading road safety campaigner. Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/06/04/motorcyle-warning/ Motorcycle riders are around 20 times more likely to be killed than a person driving a car. The recent dramatic rise in motorscooter sales will inevitably mean a big increase in road deaths and injuries, says a leading road safety campaigner. Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/06/04/expert-issues-warning-over-motorbikes/ The current shortage of electricity raises further doubts about the viability of electric cars, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide. “The Minister of Energy wants electric vehicles to gain a 5% market share by 2020, rising to 60 percent by 2040. If that many electric vehicles were in use ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/05/28/electricity-shortage-raises-new-doubts-about-electric-cars/ United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged a growing concern over the environmental effects of biofuels. Speaking in Hungary this week, Ban Ki-moon said: "We need to be concerned about the possibility of taking land or replacing arable land because of these biofuels." Ki-Moon also said recently: “Clearly, biofuels have great potential ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/04/07/un-urges-caution-over-biofuels-2/ New Zealanders shouldn’t be fooled by quick fixes to the current energy crisis, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide. Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says yesterday’s EECA Biofuels and Electric Vehicles Conference in Wellington appeared to be a thinly disguised promotion for energy wastage. Matthew-Wilson – who was not invited to the ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/04/02/green-car-conference-a-sham/ Australians shouldn’t be fooled by quick fixes to the current energy crisis, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide. Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says most ‘green’ cars are worse for the environment than the technologies they replaced. “If there was an easy way of powering the world’s cars on some alternative energy ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/04/02/green-cars-are-mostly-a-sham/ The police should have the power to seize cellphones being used by drivers while a car is in motion, says a leading road safety expert. Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, says that simply banning cellphones won’t work because many users are prepared to risk a ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/03/17/time-to-seize-cellphones-used-by-drivers/ Holden should follow the example of its British sister company and recall the recent Vectra model because the handbrake may fail without warning, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide and Consumer NZ. Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today: “We called on Holden to recall this car last ... http://dogandlemon.com/site/2008/02/23/holden-urged-to-act-over-faulty-handbrakes/