A partnership between the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Mobisoft and the Finnish Meteorological Institute and other bodies has developed a communication system for drivers to inform them about weather and road conditions.
Belgian authorities are planning to tackle the growing problem of drivers operating vehicles while under the influence of drugs.
Testing of a new system that uses saliva to establish whether drivers have drugs present in their system is now starting.
Previous methods of testing for drugs using blood tests or psycho-motor skills will be replaced, should the tests on the new system prove successful.
In the UK, double yellow lines painted close at the kerbside denote an area where parking is not allowed. But in the city of Cambridge the authorities have decided to paint double yellow lines just 307mm long in between two parking bays. The space is barely large enough to park a radio-controlled car or to slot in a bicycle, let alone a motor vehicle, but the city’s authorities have nevertheless decided that it is important to denote the area is not to be used. Quite why it was felt necessary to take the ti
One car owner in the UK received an unwelcome surprise when he returned to his car. He had left the vehicle, despite the presence of numerous signs, in a parking area that was closed for maintenance work. The repair crew were working to a tight timeframe and were understandably reluctant to stop operations for just one selfish motorist. Instead, they resurfaced the area around the car, leaving it marooned in a small patch and surrounded on all sides by slowly cooling asphalt. To make matters worse for the d
