Heavy equipment auction specialist Ritchie Bros set a record for a recent event in Florida. The firm sold over 10,500 items of heavy equipment items and trucks at the auction, held last week in Orlando, Florida. The five-day unreserved public auction ran from February 16th – 20th and attracted over 9,350 bidders who made offers either in person at the event or online. The bidders came from 81 countries while the auction generated over $179 million in gross auction proceeds. This included over $66 million of
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A couple in the US recently took advantage of the self-driving features of a Tesla car for reasons other than transportation. They ignored the suggestions from Tesla to remain alert even when the vehicle was using its self-drive mode and instead engaged in sexual acts, which they recorded on vid
UK road safety charity IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) is calling on the Conservative party to take its “once in a generation” opportunity to refresh how people, especially young people, learn to drive by publishing its much promised Green Paper on new drivers as soon as possible.
Road crashes are the biggest killer of young people in the Britain today. In 2011, 412 people died in incidents involving young drivers. It is four months since the Government revealed its plans to publish a Green Paper,
