Category Archives: car accidents

Auckland City’s New 30km/h Go Slow Zone

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

I had my first drive in Auckland city today since the ‘Safe Speeds’ program was enforced, dropping the maximum speed from 50km/h to 30km/h. I thought I’d try Queen Street to see what that looked like now. Lots of empty … Continue reading →

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Pay As You Drive Car Insurance – A Big Disruptor?

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

I have written several posts in the past, suggesting that PAYD insurance will become popular in the future, but acknowledging that most traditional car insurance companies won’t like it. Shareholders will hate the concept, because the customers who have the … Continue reading →

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Solving the Traffic Jam Problem – Getting Cities Moving Again

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I got pretty excited when I read the press release about Volkswagen getting together with D-Wave, using quantum computing to demonstrate real time traffic optimised routing at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon which starts tomorrow. I wish I was … Continue reading →

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Why I think an Autonomous Vehicle Won’t Be Able to Reliably Guess Where a Pedestrian Will Go

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

In 2016, Volvo ‘promised’ that we would have ‘Deathproof Cars’ by 2020. That’s next year! You may also recall that about this time last year, an Autonomous Uber Volvo crashed and killed a pedestrian. According to the NTSB the car … Continue reading →

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How to Get Notifications and Avoid Traffic Congestion During Christmas and New Year

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I don’t know about you, but I hate being stuck in traffic. I live in Auckland, New Zealand where traffic congestion is a fact of life, but that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck in it. You have choices … Continue reading →

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Avoid the Traffic on Waitangi Weekend

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

The NZTA have a couple of fantastic services for long weekends and public holidays called Holiday Hotspots. I use it every long weekend when I go away and barring people having accidents, I enjoy near normal driving speeds and even … Continue reading →

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Tesla Alerts Driver of Impending Crash

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

This is the first time I have seen a domestic crash warning in action in a normal car, not a test track or artificial situation. These people were driving in the Netherlands when they heard an incongruous little beep. Hopefully they … Continue reading →

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You may not want to watch this video, but it could save a life from driver distraction.

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

I’ve written a lot of blogs about driver distraction lately. It’s the season to be jolly, but it’s hectic, busy, stressful and very easy to lose concentration for a brief moment. I have lost close friends through driver distraction, most … Continue reading →

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10 Ways Not to Die in Your Car in A Split Second

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

US statistics from last year say that this weekend 18 people WILL DIE due to driver distraction. Continue reading →

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Are you a rubbernecker?

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Ever wonder why it takes you so long to get home on the freeway when the crash is going in the other direction?  It never ceases to amaze me how many people just need a quick loopy look. Just a … Continue reading →

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