If you ever have to outrun the police in a vehicle chase, forget about using a car, or motorcycle or scooter. Use a bicycle, as this suspect somewhere in America did. It looks like he made it, too.
January 18, 2016
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If you ever have to outrun the police in a vehicle chase, forget about using a car, or motorcycle or scooter. Use a bicycle, as this suspect somewhere in America did. It looks like he made it, too.
David CA Phillips reports on the changing structure of the global construction equipment industry. In 2007, the year of peak historical demand and before the onset of the international financial crisis, estimated total sales of key equipment types stood at just over 1,000,000 units, valued at approximately US$100 billion. By 2009 sales had fallen to around 600,000 units valued at around $65 billion. The consequences of the global financial recession were dramatic and immediate, and remain with us today, and
A Belgian driver was filmed by a friend as he drove his Aston Martin at speeds of up to 292km/h (182mph) along the highway. The video was uploaded onto the Internet and was soon discovered by the police, who wasted little time in tracking the offender. The Belgian authorities were less than impressed and the driver received the maximum sentence. As the offending driver was able to afford an expensive performance car he would have easily been able to afford to pay for a track day at a nearby race track. Or i
Results from a project by the UK’s department of transport and AECOM – using Heads-Up technology from Acusensus, has underlined scale of distracted driving and lack of seatbelt use.
A video clip posted in China recently showed a young girl aged just four or so steering her parents’ car along a busy highway. The proud parent sat alongside her and gave her advice as she steered the vehicle along a busy stretch of road and overtook a series of other vehicles. The proud father eventually told the little girl to pull the car over to the side of the road so he could take the wheel again. The video revealed that the girl used pieces of wood to operate the foot pedals. China’s police now take
