Gatso copyright

East Sussex Police claim that the photos taken by Gatso cameras are copyrighted (more…)

Eating whilst driving

An American insurance company has researched the top 10 foods NOT to eat whilst driving

The research was conducted after they discovered a customer had a restraining order on any food stuff within his reach whilst driving. We would warn of any form of distraction whilst driving, which if found to be the cause of an incident could lead to a careless or dangerous driving conviction, depending on the severity. Top 10 food offenders are:

  1. Coffee – Hot liquid
  2. Soup – Again, hot liquid
  3. Tacos – food everywhere
  4. Hot Dogs – sloppy food
  5. Hamburgers – Hot and greasy
  6. Barbecued food – Greasy food = Greasy hands
  7. Fried Chicken – More greasy hands
  8. Donuts – Filling everywhere
  9. Fizzy drinks – could explode
  10. Chocolate – could melt in hands

Pee Power

Boffins in the states have come up with a novel way of powering your car, extracting hydrogen from urine

The technology uses significantly less power to extract the hydrogen out from urine than it takes to do the same with water. This is due to the Hydrogen being less tightly bound to the nitrogen in urine. The scientists reckon they can get 60 mpg pee powered cars out in production within a year. Humans produce 2-3 Litres of urine a day, making it an abundant power supply.

Highways Agency Statistics

The Highways Agency, responsible for the management of roads in England has released its 2008-2009 statistics

The results show that the agency has met 7 out of its 8 targets set. Deaths on the roads fell from 2,400 to just over 2,000. Journey reliability and road user satisfaction both improved says the report. The introduction of Active Traffic Management systems, such as those used on the M42, show congestion can be reduced without resorting to road widening schemes.

DVLA driver details

Driver details are being accessed by councils for minor offences

The database which contains car and driver information for nearly every vehicle on the road is being used by councils to obtain details of people accused of minor crimes such as litter dropping, totally unrelated to the concerns of the DVLA. Under law councils and the Police are allowed access to the information.

Illegal NIP

Hampshire and Isle of Wight speed camera partnership caught up in falsifying documents (more…)

Daredevil Tower Bridge

Motorbike rider jumps the tower bridge, whilst performing a backflip in mid-air (more…)

Drives like its on rails

A 29 year-old German driver ended up 200m down a train tunnel (more…)

Shower on the go

A Chinese truck driver has been fined for having a shower whilst driving (more…)

Floating truck

A boy floated nearly 8 miles down a river on his toy truck (more…)