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11 - Maths and Driving: Car operating costs

Research 4

Some websites contain information in graphical format which you need to be able to interpret for yourself.

Look at the NRMA webpage. Scroll down and look at the orange and aqua graphic which contains information about

  • decreases in road casualties, and
  • CTP claim increases

Explain the mathematical relationship between these two variables. 

 

Research 5

Some websites contain information in table format which you need to be able to interpret for yourself.

Follow the links to the Roads and Maritime webpages

Suppose you need to register a Volkswagon Golf.

- What information do you need to know about your car in order to use the table of registration costs? 

- What would it cost to register a Volkswagon Golf for private use?

- How much more would it cost to register it for business use?

You drive a delivery vehicle for your parents' business. Use the table of Toll charges and prepare an estimate of the total costs of tolls in a week in which you will use the following toll roads:

- Eastern Distributor  : northbound x 4 , southbound x 3

- Cross City Tunnel : main tunnel x 10

- Lane Cove Tunnel (exiting at Military Road E- Ramp) : 3

- Hills M2 Motorway (exiting North Ryde) : 2