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Mon, Dec 22nd, 2008 | 11:20am | Submitted by niraj
Some high schoolers in Maryland are tricking speed cameras setup to automatically photograph and ticket speeding cars. They're doing it by simply printing out photographs of other legitimate license plates, causing others to get the ticket. Since the process is entirely automated, nobody catches...
Wed, Jun 11th, 2008 | 2:33pm | Submitted by niraj
Yes, this car is awesome. But BMW is not...they're not putting this crazy car in production even though it functions and has taken safety and weather issues into account. The car is completely covered in a fabric that can dynamically change shape by shifting metal underneath. So what was the point...
Mon, Apr 7th, 2008 | 10:04am | Submitted by niraj
As the weather warms up, it's interesting to see some people driving around with their windows down and sunroofs open, while others do the exact opposite and run their air conditioning. But which option is more fuel efficient? After all, A/C eats a bunch of gas. But having the windows down has got...
Fri, Aug 24th, 2007 | 5:20pm | Submitted by niraj
I was on my way to lunch today, traveling westbound on I90. A little while after going through the tollbooth by O'Hare, I see a black BMW coming up quick in my rear view mirror. There wasn't much room to make a lane change or anything, so I kept going at the same rate of speed in my lane. Sure...
Sun, May 20th, 2007 | 7:18pm | Submitted by niraj
Want to boycott the gas companies as they raise prices? Over the last couple of weeks there was a lot of talk about one-day boycotts where people tried to not buy gas on a specific day. Of course this is totally pointless...if you aren't reducing the amount you drive, you're going to have to get...
Thu, Mar 8th, 2007 | 9:38am | Submitted by niraj
It looks like some Georgians have gotten fined for autostarting their vehicles on cold days.
Louise Wood is one of 14 people ticketed since January by Forest Park police for violating Georgia code section 40-6-201. The 33-year-old law was meant to prevent cars from rolling away. In Forest Park,...
Thu, Jan 25th, 2007 | 10:23am | Submitted by niraj
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Apparently Ford lost $12.6 billion in 2006...the company's worst loss ever. In a big surprise, the high costs of fuel caused people to buy fewer gas-guzzling trucks. And in order to get rid of costly employees, Ford has to payout large amounts of money since the employees they want to remove are...
Thu, Oct 13th, 2005 | 3:32pm | Submitted by niraj
As reported by the TimesOnline, the first Chinese car to be sold in Europe is a 4X4 that scored a zero in safety tests.
The two-ton 4x4 scored zero stars in crash tests last week by the ADAC, the German automobile club, which carries out tests for Euro NCAP. "It had a catastrophic result," said...
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