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The head of Western Australia's Department of Transport has strongly criticised the "unfair" practice of bulk booking and "reselling" driving test appointments.

The Department of Transport has set a deadline of June 2024 for the rules to be lifted, thanks top new 3D scanning technology

Will 2023 be a year of lengthening queues at public electric car charging points? According to national statistics, electric car sales almost doubled in 2022, to almost 16,000 vehicles, or 15pc of the market. Plug-in hybrids represented a further 8pc, meaning that the number of plug-in cars in Ireland is…

A video-based test being developed by the University of Queensland will help assess the driving capacity of hundreds of thousands of Australians who have been diagnosed with dementia.

Motorists will be hit with a 4c to 5c a litre price increase on diesel and petrol from New Year’s Day due to changes in biofuel mix requirements and associated legislative delays.

Drones are already shaping the face of our cities – used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK’s Department of Transport have found, swathes of the public have a limited understanding of how drones might be practically applied.

Drivers with "serious psychiatric conditions" including depression are legally required to notify VicRoads. Clare Ridgway didn't realise – then she lost her licence.

It is estimated that these measures could raise between €300m and €1.9bn

Figures published by the Department of Transport show the authorities have been unable to enforce the disqualification of over 12,200 motorists since 2017 because their identities cannot be matched with records