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In the dark, it's easy to miss a car that's parked behind you when you're pulling out onto the road. In fact, it's easy to miss parked cars in general if there isn't good lighting…

Reversing with a trailer is no mean feat. You've got a bulky vehicle - normally at least a ute or something else big enough to tow a trailer - and a bulky trailer. And while…

As everyone knows, sleepiness and drowsiness increase your risk of making errors. That’s why it’s a bad idea to drive when you’re tired – it can be just as bad, and sometimes even worse than…

Reversing or parallel parking with a dirty, grimy, streak-filled back windscreen is a difficult ordeal, especially in low-light conditions or when it's foggy. Now obviously, cleaning your windscreen is the first part of solving the…

Even as an experienced driver, parallel parking can be stressful. You might have to turn off the music, or pause the conversation to be able to properly judge the distance between your vehicle and the…

“Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious in a thousand battles.” These words of Sun Tzu, from The Art of War, are as true today as they were when they were…

Glare is an extremely dangerous phenomenon when driving. The bright shine of the sun, reflected in a mirror, can catch you by surprise and temporarily blind you. Worse, it can make it impossible to look…

One of the times a reversing camera really shines is in low-visibility conditions. When it’s misty, dark, or raining heavily (especially if your rear windscreen doesn’t have any wipers), or a combination of the above, it can be extremely difficult to see out of your rear windscreen. If you’re relying on a…

No matter how common it is in media and popular culture, the idea that training and experience will always win out over technology is a fallacy. There’s a good reason to never bring a knife…

In life, one often must weigh a desire to be generous against the necessary caution required for personal responsibility. You might want to donate more money to charity, but you need to look after your…

According to the Ancient Greek philosophers, a thing could be good in two ways. Either it could be beautiful, or it could be useful. Photography, as a discipline, straddles this line. On the one hand,…