What can be done about the road toll and general carnage on our roads? 297 have been killed so far this year, compared with 253 over the whole of last year.
But new research seems to suggest that road trauma - deaths and injury, as well as crashes - can be significantly reduced by adopting the kind of technologies used in autonomous vehicles.
The 'Safety Benefits of Cooperative ITS and Automated Driving' report by Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) and published in Ausroads looked at technologies like forward collision warning, curve speed warning, intersection movement assist, right turn assist, lane keeping assist and auto emergency braking.
We speak to the author of the report, David Logan of Monash University.
