Video DeskThe Beekeeper 2 teaser: Statham hunts rogue Beekeepers Film DeskStreet Fighter movie reviews: critics split, fans have fun AmplifiedAnberlin — Never Take Friendship Personal How-to DeskHow to invite someone without WhatsApp to a WhatsApp call Computing DeskRTX Spark laptop tests: AI wins, Apple keeps the CPU crown AmplifiedEmery — The Question Roads DeskAAA survey: drivers say they slow for crews, many don't EV DeskVW recalls ID.3, ID.4, ID.7 and Buzz, caps charging at 80%AmplifiedDemon Hunter — Summer of Darkness AI DeskMusk says SpaceXSI is building a Hagglebot for business SpaceX DeskReliance answers Musk: Starlink welcome in India AmplifiedNorma Jean — Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child Tesla DeskSlovakia approves Tesla FSD Supervised, ninth EU country Hacking DeskBeyondTrust hack: how suspected China spies hid for a month Christian DeskPope Leo's lung surgery recovery progressing normally Game ReviewsGears of War: E-Day patched after DDoS knocked out logins Tech DeskMeta's Muse Spark Open runs on Apple Mac Studios via MLX United StatesTrump scraps livestream of Nidal Hasan's execution AustraliaUnemployment hits 4.7% as 39,300 fewer Australians work Space DeskWebb and NOEMA find a stellar bar in early galaxy GN20

Video DeskThe Beekeeper 2 teaser: Statham hunts rogue Beekeepers Film DeskStreet Fighter movie reviews: critics split, fans have fun AmplifiedAnberlin — Never Take Friendship Personal How-to DeskHow to invite someone without WhatsApp to a WhatsApp call Computing DeskRTX Spark laptop tests: AI wins, Apple keeps the CPU crown AmplifiedEmery — The Question Roads DeskAAA survey: drivers say they slow for crews, many don't EV DeskVW recalls ID.3, ID.4, ID.7 and Buzz, caps charging at 80%AmplifiedDemon Hunter — Summer of Darkness AI DeskMusk says SpaceXSI is building a Hagglebot for business SpaceX DeskReliance answers Musk: Starlink welcome in India AmplifiedNorma Jean — Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child Tesla DeskSlovakia approves Tesla FSD Supervised, ninth EU country Hacking DeskBeyondTrust hack: how suspected China spies hid for a month Christian DeskPope Leo's lung surgery recovery progressing normally Game ReviewsGears of War: E-Day patched after DDoS knocked out logins Tech DeskMeta's Muse Spark Open runs on Apple Mac Studios via MLX United StatesTrump scraps livestream of Nidal Hasan's execution AustraliaUnemployment hits 4.7% as 39,300 fewer Australians work Space DeskWebb and NOEMA find a stellar bar in early galaxy GN20

Saturday 17 October 2026

AAA survey: drivers say they slow for crews, many don't

A 5,887-driver AAA survey found over 90% say they slow or move over for roadside crews. Observed traffic says 36% don't. SA's rule is 25 km/h.

Bel McRae Saturday 17 October 2026, open calendar6 min read

Photo: Kgbo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

Listen

Free browser voice. Starts at once.

Uses text-to-speech.

Ask drivers whether they slow down for a tow truck on the shoulder and almost every one of them says yes. Stand by the road and watch, and more than a third of them don't.

A yellow RACQ roadside assistance ute with an amber roof beacon and its canopy open, stopped on a Brisbane street — Photo: Kgbo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

Read next

More in Roads →

Say hello in our guest book

Published

Bel McRae Saturday 17 October 2026 at 7:52 am Adelaide, open calendar6 min read

This desk has not corrected this file. Corrections.

The paper

Comments

No notes on this story yet.

Sign in to comment