Media Releases

Large trucks are a serious safety threat, and should be discouraged from using public roads, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says he’s “horrified” at the large number of accidents involving trucks and cars, including a recent incident where a log fell from a truck and pinned a woman in her car.

“Trucks make up about 2.5% of the vehicle fleet but cause 18% of all road deaths. Even though trucking accidents have dropped in recent years, trucks are still a major hazard.”

Proposals to make owners of less safe cars pay more in ACC levies will simply penalise the poor without improving road safety, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.  

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says the proposed changes in ACC levies were based on the mistaken belief that drivers of unsafe cars have a choice.  

“Wealthy people generally drive newer cars, which are far safer than older cars. A person on a low income will have little choice but to buy an older, less safe car, simply because it’s affordable.

All cars – new or old – should be required to have reversing cameras and parking sensors, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.    

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an active road safety campaigner, was commenting after a major study showed that children were invisible behind many popular cars.

It’s true: drivers of upmarket cars are rude and pushy. A study by Paul K. Piffa, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California, has concluded that the negative stereotype about rich drivers is often correct.

A team of researchers observed the behaviour of drivers at a Californian pedestrian crossing and also a major intersection.