More than half of young adults admit drink-driving the morning after
5 Nov 2025The belief that “friends do it too” is a major factor in young adults drink-driving the morning after a night out, according to a study of almost 300 Queenslanders.
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Road safety
Road safety and visual experience: UniSC-led research attracts ARC funding
31 Oct 2025UniSC researchers have secured $1.7 million in ARC Discovery funding for projects tackling road safety, visual neuroscience, and climate justice.
Attention! Road safety trial to measure brain activity in older drivers
18 Aug 2025UniSC researchers are seeking older drivers for a new trial measuring age-related changes in attention, as part of a broader program to develop a screening method for assessing cognitive fitness to drive.
New app to improve road safety for nation’s cyclists
2 Dec 2024In the world-first initiative, researchers from UniSC’s Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, are gathering the most up-to-date data from cyclists across Australia to gain a comprehensive understanding of the risks they face on our roads.
Is your car a threat to national security?
9 Oct 2024University of the Sunshine Coast cybersecurity expert Dr Dennis Desmond says your car could be a threat to national security – regardless of where it’s made.
Research to understand the psychology of speeding
29 Aug 2024A University of the Sunshine Coast study will seek to understand the split-second ‘mental shortcuts’ the brain makes that influence a person to speed, and what might deter them.
UniSC hosts Seniors Road Safety Forum at Queensland Road Safety Week launch
28 Aug 2024More than 200 Sunshine Coast seniors have brushed up on their driving knowledge and skills at a free Seniors Road Safety Forum hosted by the University of the Sunshine Coast this morning.
UniSC researcher named Australasia’s future leader in road safety
27 Aug 2024A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher has been recognised with an Australasian award for her efforts to better understand – and change – risky road behaviours.
High-tech roo collars aim to prevent road accidents
10 Jun 2024In an effort to prevent road crashes between vehicles and wildlife, UniSC researchers are tracking roos with custom-made high-tech collars “to a degree of biomechanical accuracy not seen before” to better predict their hopping movements in different habitats.
Why are drivers taking more risks on the beach?
28 Mar 2024Thousands of four-wheel drives will hit Queensland’s beaches this Easter long weekend, for four days of fun, family and frivolity in the sand and sun, but will drivers be treating those beaches with the same level of caution with which they treat roads?
How to help older drivers hang up the keys for good: new research
25 Mar 2024Active planning is the key to older people walking away from driving for the last time, according to new University of the Sunshine Coast research.
App aims to make roads safer for motorcyclists
21 Mar 2024A new UniSC app will collect data on motorcycle crashes and near misses from around Australia, to give researchers and road safety practitioners insight into the factors putting motorcyclists at risk on our roads.
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