Photo: The News Wheel The quality of your vehicle’s headlights is vital to your safety and the safety of other drivers. If your headlights are dim, you won’t be able to see or be seen as well as you should, especially at night when driving is even more dangerous. That’s why the Insurance Institute for…
NASCAR driver Austin Dillon’s car went airborne and collided with the fence that separates fans from the track Photo: Jay W. Pennell via Twitter Sometimes fans of NASCAR jokingly say they watch the races just to see the wrecks, but when one of those stock cars actually goes airborne you don’t hear anybody laughing. That was…
Photo: Lamb & Company, Nelvana Computer-generated animation wasn’t always the dazzling art form it is today. It suffered growing pains for decades before reaching its current level of refinement. Television was often the testing ground for new animation; combine that with the many passing fads over the years, and television archives become a treasure trove…
A smashed fender and aero damage on vehicle’s right side were the only casualties Photo: © YouTube After a Camaro Z/28 prototype was spotted testing yesterday at Nürburgring, cameramen flocked to the track to take video and one person even managed to film the car crashing into the wall at the legendary racing facility. Thankfully,…
While most of the buzz concerning the BBC’s highly-successful Top Gear series has been about the sudden departure of the show’s controversial host, Jeremy Clarkson, the show apparently also boosted UK interest in Mazda’s next generation roadster before it went on a sudden hiatus. According to Automotive Management Online, the final episode of Top Gear…
Uber seems to be continuing its removal from the self-driving car testing market after the Arizona governor nixed the company’s license to test within its borders. This time, though, Uber is making a choice to do so, by declining to renew a permit to test the autonomous cars in California. At first glance, this would…
GM’s forward collision warning and autobrake are evidently effective Photo: Chevrolet Unsurprisingly, automakers continually state that their front crash prevention systems keep drivers safe on the road. Still, evidence from independent organizations has begun piling up in support of these statements. Most recently, a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concluded that…
Automakers have, over the past few years, been feverishly equipping their new vehicles with driver-assist active safety features—some of the basic of which are lane departure warning and blind spot detection systems. However, when I channel my inner curmudgeon, the first question that comes to mind, after a number of skeptical harrumphing noises, is “Do…
Photo: IIHS via YouTube Back in October last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced that it would be introducing a new crash test to its bevy of trials, after noticing that automakers were beefing up protection on the driver’s side to pass its drivers-side small overlap crash test but generally ignoring the passenger…
Photo: Pixabay 20 years ago today, Princess Diana was killed in a fatal car accident in Paris. While at high speeds, being followed by paparazzi, Princess Diana’s Mercedes S-280 limousine crashed into a wall, killing the princess, her boyfriend, and her driver. However, in the years since her death, the cause of the crash itself has been debated….
Thomas Young, 58, is a Pepper. Photo: WKBN Thomas Young, 58, of Royal Center, Indiana, crashed his milk tanker truck into an Hermitage Buick–GMC–Cadillac dealership on Sunday, damaging 23 new cars in the process. The reason for the accident? Young says he was choking on a sip of Dr. Pepper. Video: Aftermath of Soda Choking…
GM’s self-driving Chevy Bolt Photo: Digital Trends Self-driving cars have been happily puttering along for some time until recently, reassuringly waving off the few collisions that occurred because, after all, they were usually at low speeds and often caused by people rear-ending the meticulously law-following (and therefore granny-driving) self-driving cars. Taking Care: These preventative car…
Most tabletop games involve strategy and/or luck, but a handful of games out there involve actual skill, too. Dexterity-based games may not be popular with the vast majority of adult gamers (who mostly associate it with Jenga), but they’re pretty common in the children’s arena–where players are developing fine motor skills. The original Karambolage game HABA,…
Photo: Facts guru Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority claimed that it will start testing out smart license plates equipped with technology to automatically notify police and paramedics in the event of a crash. The item would also enable drivers to communicate with others on the road about any accidents they witness on the road or…
In the aftermath of a fatal collision between a self-driving Uber and a bicycle-pushing pedestrian, priority seems to be given to the matter of finding out who is to blame. And, after many, many people speculatively said, “Shouldn’t the Uber’s LIDAR sensors have been able to see her before the crash?” LIDAR sensor producer Velodyne…
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