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New Cars Report All Your Driving Habits to Data Brokers and Insurance
Automakers have entered into a controversial practice of collecting data on the driving behaviors of Americans, which is then passed on to a data broker, subsequently shared with insurance companies.
Kenn Dahl, a 65-year-old resident of Seattle, Washington, found himself among many American drivers experiencing steep rises in car insurance rates. Despite being a conscientious driver with no history...
Police accused of 'child labour' after getting School Pupils to point Speed Guns at Drivers
Outraged drivers accused South Sefton Police of employing ‘child labor’ in a controversial PR stunt aimed at improving road safety. The police enlisted the help of local 10-year-old children for a ‘speeding operation’ where they pointed speed guns at motorists on ‘dangerous’ roads. While the police claimed it was an effort to educate drivers, many criticized the...
Pro-Bolsonaro truck drivers threaten new road blockades in Brazil
Massive protests in Brazil have blocked roads again and lorry drivers threatened to strike in what could be a new wave of support for the outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro.
Six federal highways were blocked on Friday morning although two were cleared by early afternoon, the federal highway police said in its first bulletin on road closures since 9 November when the first wave of post-election protests...
Austrian Politician Demands All Ukrainians be Kicked Out After Group Beats Taxi Drivers in Vienna
A video showing a brutal mass brawl on the Kärntner Ring continues to raise waves. The incident happened on Wednesday around 12 noon in front of one of Vienna’s most well-known hotels. You can see several men attacking each other between parked cars with Ukrainian license plates. The dispute began after two luxury SUVs, a BMW X5, and a Toyota Land Cruiser stopped in places reserved for taxis...
Austria Busts Migrants Smuggling Ring
Austrian authorities arrested more than a dozen people suspected of smuggling migrants into the country, according to reports.
A total of 15 suspects hailing from multiple countries were apprehended during busts earlier this month near Vienna.
The network is believed to have smuggled over 700 migrants, primarily from the Middle East and Africa, into the European Union, making nearly $3 million (€2.5...
'Smart' Cars Anyone? Tesla app outage LOCKS drivers Out of Cars
A worldwide outage has hit Tesla’s app and website, leaving many drivers locked out of their own vehicles. Helpless customers vented their anger online while the system was down for several hours. Well you get what you deserve retards. Nobody should exchange a real physical lock for a virtual app. What’s next? Your fridge only opens its door through a phone app? If your internet goes down,...
UPS Suspends Parcel Deliveries in Swedish No-Go Zone After Attacks on Drivers
Courier company UPS stopped delivering packages im the multicultural district of Rosengård in Malmö.
United Parcel Service Inc. started as a courier company in the United States in 1907 and has grown into a multi-billion dollar company. Every day, UPS handles goods, money and information in more than 200 countries and regions worldwide.
One area that currently does not receive packages is the multicultural...
Drivers are distracted by cutting-edge technology crammed into modern cars
Today’s drivers need to constantly interact with various multimedia systems when driving, thus putting their lives at risk.
The cutting-edge infotainment technology, which car makers are persistently stuffing into the dashboard of new cars, is forcing drivers to take their eyes off the road and even hands off the steering wheel for quite long periods of time, which creates dangerous situations....
Russian drivers fail to take turn on icy road in super funny video
A video from a residential area in Vladivostok, Far-Eastern Russia, posted online this Tuesday shows every single car skid and crash on a slippery road as they try to take a sharp turn.
The author of the video claims to have recorded it from his window in just two hours: from 7 to 9am. Later that day, he adds, communal services sprinkled sand over the ice, which immediately reduced the slippery effect.
Vladivostok...
Police To Mandate ‘Hands Up’ Policy During Road Stops
Police in Kansas are set to implement a bonkers policy of mandating that all drivers stopped for whatever reason will be expected to put their hands up in the air when approached by an officer.
“We all want to go home to our families, and this makes it safer for us to approach vehicles to gain that compliance. It gives us a chance to survive these encounters.” a police spokesman told reporters...
Oakland: Police Stood Down As ‘Protesters’ Terrorized Drivers
Cops allowed Trayvon demonstrators to seize control of major street for three hours.
One of the questions to emerge out of last night’s unrest in Oakland, where crowds protesting the George Zimmerman verdict turned violent and seized control of a major street for three hours, is why police withdrew from the area and allowed drivers to be terrorized.
According to a report by ABC 7, protesters had...
US Congress wants all Cars to be Equipped with Tracking Devices
The federal government is about to become the country’s worst backseat driver. Congress wants to put tracking devices in the car of every American, and that’s not even the scariest provision in a new bill being passed around Washington.
The US Senate has already signed off on a new legislation that, if cleared by the rest of Congress, will see to it that the government gets its eyes and ears inside...
Saudi women launch Women2Drive campaign
Women in Saudi Arabia have been openly driving cars in defiance of an official ban on female drivers in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
The direct action has been organised on social network sites, where women have been posting images and videos of themselves behind the wheel.
Saudi women have been encouraged to challenge the status quo and get behind the wheel Friday.
The initiative is called “Women2Drive,”...