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A transparent Samsung HGV crammed an articulated lorry with electronics to allow drivers on the road behind to see right through it. The Safety Truck sets out to reduce the number of deaths on Argentinian roads by helping drivers to overtake large lorries. Unfortunately the danger posed by HGVs to cyclists in urban areas has yet to be...

In the absence of strict liability, adequate policing of the roads and robust sentencing, it appears to have fallen to car manufacturers to reduce road danger. Jaguar Land Rover aims to reduce the number of crashes caused by daydreaming drivers by monitoring their brainwaves for signs of stress, fatigue and lack of concentration....

Who says pets don’t enjoy holiday bargains as much we do? A cat who took a nap inside the wing of a microlight aircraft earlier this month enjoyed a free flight when the plane took off. The cat usually stays on the ground at the Ultra Léger Motorisé aeronautics club in French Guiana, but was unable to resist climbing into the fabric wing of...

Over 800 bicycles have been stolen today across Britain according to roadclock.com How many bicycles stolen today? The British crime survey, which examines people’s experience of crime rather than recorded offences, estimates that 533,000 are stolen bikes each year in Britain. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The Road Clock is a...

Forget about searching for a charging point for a battery-powered Leaf, Tesla or Volt – engineers have built what promises to be every motorist’s dream; an evaporation-driven car that can be filled up at any water tap. Forget electric cars. Water power is here The associate professor of biological sciences and physics at Columbia...

A man has bought his own stolen bicycle back from a thief rather than face an exorbitant excess on his insurance policy. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] Man buys back his stolen bicycle Mark Robinson told the Cambridge News “My insurance premium excess would have been more than this so the simple maths said it would be cheaper than getting a...

The solar-powered bicycle is the Holy Grail of urban transport - a sustainable and near-silent way of reducing congestion that opens up cycling to a new audience of commuters. The Solar Bike prototype is charged directly by the sun via solar panel disc wheels. Solar power frees the rider from electricity bills and the need for charging...

Car exhaust emissions when driving in real world conditions are so much higher than official figures that the MOT test is to be made considerably tougher. Tests carried out by Emissions Analytics revealed that exhaust gases from diesel cars contain levels of NO2 (a toxic component of NOx) up to 12 times greater than those permitted at the...

The paper counterpart to the driving licence has recently been scrapped, but because it's the part that showed driving offences, car hire companies now check to see if you have penalty points by viewing online records stored by the DVLA. If you hire a car in Britain or abroad, you may need to give the hire company a code which allows them...

In a typically British tribute to the Bradley Wiggins record of 55.2 km, a London cyclist has managed to cover 31.2 km over 'The Hour' on a Boris Bike. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] After riding Mont Ventoux on a Boris Bike, and then Mount Washington a New York Citibike, Rob Holden, Matt Winstone and Ian Laurie decided only The Hour...