“... a number of robots were making their way to the booth when one of them stepped out of line and into the parking lot roadway. As it did, it was struck by a Tesla Model S operating in autonomous mode.” 🤨 dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

"Watch to see whether the government proposes fuel efficiency standards for motor vehicles. New Zealand is one of the few countries in the world that does not have such standards." Read more in Barry's blog post, at the link below. 🚗🚕🚙🚌🚎🏎️🚚

NTU has announced 50 PhD scholarships for 2019. If you are interested in doing traffic and transport psychology research Transport Research in Psychology please check out ntu.ac.uk/phdstudentships. You can view our current research interests at ntu.ac.uk/research/group…

Is it too hard to stop people using their phones while driving? Professor Samuel Charlton The University of Waikato 🎓 says “nope”. Once a new behaviour like setting automatic driving mode on your phone becomes habitual, it’s like clicking your seatbelt. newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle…

”Fiat Chrysler’s designers just wanted something big enough to accommodate all the tasks people handle in their trucks.. ..without leading to drivers fiddling too much with controls while behind the wheel.” 🤔🤔🤔 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"All of them require drivers to remain attentive... ...Autopilot had substantial proportions of people who thought it would be safe to look at scenery, read a book, talk on a cellphone or text. Six percent thought it would be OK to take a nap while using Autopilot..." 😳

Hand gestures are the key to any good presentation! Here are two of our awesome postgraduate students Rathee Dewi Siva and Francene Thomas in action! Both were presenting their research at the recent School of Psychology Seminar

When we have inspiring guests we take them for a spin! Visiting Professor Yucan Wang from the Beijing Jiaolong University testing out the driving simulator, despite the fact it's on the "wrong" side of the road.

Flicking through the latest NZ Automobile Assoc. Directions and who do we see but out very own Prof. Sam Charlton discussing the psychology of speed.

Professor Yucan Wang, specialist in sustainable urban transport talking us through promoting considerate parking behaviour with bicycles.

Colleague Dr Anna Sutton is in Russia for a conference and sent through these photos of the luxurious Moscow metro. Conceived as ‘Palaces for the People’ this is definitely one way to get people on the train.

Please help out our awesome PhD student👇🏼👇🏼

Our long time research assistant extraordinaire Allie has started her masters journey with the TRG. Hoping it’s going to be this fun all the time with you Allie.

Waikato commuters committed to their travel mode of choice - cars waikato.ac.nz/news-opinion/m…

Congratulations to our '19 honours student Devin for publishing his first academic article! Explore what he found in regards to driving and memory by clicking on the link below: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S25…

TRG PhD student @rdewisiv is looking for participants to complete a 10 minute questionnaire on New Zealanders' car use. If you drive on a regular basis for work or education, please click the link below to take the questionnaire. bit.ly/yourcaruse

TRG Master's student Francene is looking for participants to complete an online questionnaire on New Zealanders' travel and how it changed during COVID-19 restrictions. Click the link below for more information and to access the questionnaire. waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6f…

Who's that girl? Oh, just PhD student @rdewisiv working with our eye tracking glasses promoting Psychology at Waikato.