Welcome to Overdrive, where we cover everything to do with motoring and transport from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I’m David Brown

In this program we have:

1. British drivers face ban on hands-free mobiles (1:38)

2. QTA Announces ‘Eyes On Fatigue’ In-Vehicle Technology Pilot (2:41)

3. Study Finds Nearly Half Of Shared E-Scooters Being Ridden Illegally (3:25)

4. Drivewyze introduces notification service for truck drivers (4:40)

5. Toyota to launch road maintenance study in Japan (5:28)

6. We hear the second report from Rob Fraser on the anniversary of Nissan sports cars. This time the GTR super car. (6:14)

7. We took a new Suzuki Jimny four-wheel drive to a car show but it had to compete for attention with an old Daihatsu. We interview the owner (12:03)

8. And Brian Smith joins us again for a quirky news story on a competition for cargo bicycles (17:45)

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So, let’s start with the news

Originally broadcast 31 August 2019