No Parking - a driver in East Africa had a notion to leave his car rather too close to his house - image courtesy of World Highways reader Francis Gicheru
January 21, 2014
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No Parking - a driver in East Africa had a notion to leave his car rather too close to his house - image courtesy of World Highways reader Francis Gicheru
A valuable Pagani Zonda supercar has been crashed for the second time in the UK. The car was being driven back from its annual MOT test by the bodyguard of the current owner. However the driver lost control of the high-performance vehicle and crashed it into a fence. In court the driver explained that he had been shifting his seat for better comfort, when his foot slipped onto the accelerator pedal. However this account differed from his original statement to the police in which he claimed he had swerved to
Chinese police were surprised to discover that a driver they stopped during a routine check had no arms. The man was steering the vehicle with his feet and explained that he had been doing so for many years. He said that ever since he lost both arms below the elbows in an industrial accident, he had used his feet to steer his vehicle without difficulty. The man was stunned when police officers issued him with a public safety summons and claimed that he was a safe driver, despite his disability. The driver s
The automotive sector is getting all the attention for its autonomous vehicle development, but the construction sector is quietly getting on with developing useable examples. Automotive original manufacturers, their supply chains and other groups such as Uber and Apple are in the limelight for their attempts to development self-driving vehicles.
There is an array of future vehicle solutions in development - Mike Woof reports. Ever since Henry Ford's Model T showed that the motor car could provide transport for ordinary people rather than being an exclusive toy of the rich, vehicle numbers have exploded. In every country around the world, vehicle ownership continues to grow.
