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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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:

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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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

Holden should follow the example of its British sister company and recall the recent Vectra model because the handbrake may fail without warning, says ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Expert doubts Australian vehicle assembly can survive The closure of Ford’s Victorian engine plant is probably the beginning of the end for Australian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suzuki four-wheel drives made before 1998 pose a serious risk to younger drivers, according to road safety experts. The Dog & Lemon Guide issued the warning ...

New Zealand must reduce the number of cars coming into the country as a first step to easing our addiction to fossil fuels, says ...

Road safety campaigners say a South Canterbury doctor busted for reading while she was driving has got off far too lightly.

The 62-year-old was ...

Road safety campaigners are calling for parents who supply alcohol to underage drivers to be penalised if something goes wrong.

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Many new car buyers are unwittingly buying vehicles without spare tyres, according to the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide. Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive ...

As cars get smarter so do the thieves targeting them.

Dog and Lemon Guide editor, Clive Matthew-Wilson, says modern car keys often contain a ...

The New Zealand Herald today published an article with commentary from various motor safety experts on ways that drivers can increase their chances of surviving

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New safety ratings for used cars show large utes and SUVs are more likely to cause significant harm to other

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