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…)
Chitty banned
The famous car from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has been banned (more…)
Stolen taxi
A policeman in Nigeria flagged down a taxi only to discover it was his own car, stolen 20 years earlier (more…)