| Distracted driving: Are hands-free devices making things worse? |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
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Hands-free messaging systems were designed to help reduce the risk of car accidents caused by distracted driving, but a recent study revealed that they may actually do more harm than good.
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| National Transportation Safety Board recommends lower BAC limit for DUI |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
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The National Transportation Safety Board is suggesting the need for a lower DUI threshold, recommending that states adopt new laws that presume a driver with a BAC of .05 or higher is too intoxicated to drive.
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| Rolls-Royce accepts blame for A380 engine blast |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
British engine maker Rolls-Royce, blamed for an engine blast that forced a Qantas Airbus 380 to make an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport, has accepted responsibility for it. "We clearly fell short," said its director for engineering and technology Colin Smith. "This was a serious and rare event which we very much regret." A 305-page report released ...
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| BMW 4 Series Convertible spy shots reveal M Sport package |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
has been spied in its most revealing guise yet, giving us an almost unhindered look at the car’s exterior design. CarAdvice’s spy photographers captured the production-specification test vehicle ...
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| Holden Commodore Ute Nurburgring run confirmed at last |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Sources had revealed a time around the 21km-long circuit of ';about 8min 20sec'; and Holden says the Ute’s exact time was 8min 19.47sec. The local car maker has used the run primarily as the basis for a new advertising campaign, though while is says it is setting rather than breaking a world record for a commercial and utility vehicle it makes the SS V Redline Ute ';faster ...
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| Drayson Racing EV sets 328kmh land speed record |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
by achieving an average speed of 204.185mph (328.60km/h). The Drayson Racing B12 69/EV electric Le Mans Prototype driven by Lord Drayson broke the previous record, set almost 39 years ago on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, by 29.267mph (47.10km/h). While still officially subject to final confirmation by motorsport's governing body the FIA - and announced by an official in the clip as a ...
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| General Motors to invest $691 mn in Mexican plants |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
The Mexican unit of US automaker General Motors said it planned to invest $691 million to expand its operations in Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi and Mexico states. "GM is about to reach 78 years in Mexico and we celebrate it with this new investment, which means more employment and development opportunities for the regions of Silao, San Luis Potosi and Toluca; and more advanced technology that ...
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| Jaguar C-X75 behind-the-scenes development video |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Jaguar and development partner Williams Advanced Engineering spent two years evolving the C-X75 from the original design study unveiled in 2010 to a fully working ...
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| Alfa Romeo 4C tears up Italian test track |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Alfa Romeo 4C being put through its paces in wet and dry conditions, over crests and around bends with generous amounts of opposite lock being applied. The video follows ...
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| Rush detailed in extended featurette |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
has been released. Telling the story of two of the biggest personalities of Formula One in the 1970s, Niki Lauda and James Hunt, Rush covers the on- and off-track struggles of both drivers including Lauda's famous crash at Germany's Nurburgring. Directed by Ron Howard and starring Australia's Chris Hemsworth as Hunt, Rush was filmed in the UK, Germany and Austria. The film is due ...
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