Overdrive: Cars, Transport And Culture

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the fantasises and fallacies of anything to do with motoring and transport. And in this program we look at news stories including: 1. Apple gets vocal on self-driving cars/ Congress revs up debate over self-driving cars 2. Samoa transport minister defends rules on old cars 3. This Roller Guardrail Seems Brilliant, Except For One Major Problem 4. Oslo Offers Citizens $1,200 to Buy an E-Bike 5. Government 'nudge unit' to take on complex problems (like nudging people to travel outside of peak times) We have a chat with the new CEO of the Australian road research board. Sounds like it could be a very academic organisation but Michael Caltabiano has a clear vision of making as helpful as possible to you and to me. We road test the Mercedes GLC - as an SUV wagon and as a coupe And in our panel discussion with Brian Smith and Errol Smith we take a light-hearted look at stories including: 1. Sweden trains midwives in car births after maternity ward to be