Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety
Car crashes kill thousands of Americans every year. In fact, in 2010 alone 32,885 vehicle occupants died as a result of an accident. In the past, auto accidents held the top spot in injury deaths here in the U.S., but that statistic has changed.
The New York Times reports that a study [...]
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Europe, Safety
Keep your secrets, friends. That’s the best advice we can give you about keeping your favorite roads traffic-free. Once the word gets out that a particular stretch of asphalt offers a challenging drive, you can all bet that every wannabe heel-toe hero in the area will descend upon it. We’ve [...]
Filed under: Etc.
Motorists in the Los Angeles area are facing down what could be one of the worst traffic situations in California’s already tangled history. Beginning on the evening of Friday, July 15, a 10-mile section of the 405 freeway will be closed so that construction crews can bring down part of the Mulholland Drive [...]
Filed under: Etc., Videos, Ford
Bill Ford, Jr. speaks at TED 2011 – Click above to watch the video after the jump
Most of us are aware of Bill Ford, Jr.’s obsession with green technology that will help conserve fossil fuels while at the same time preserving the environment, but what you may not know that the [...]
Filed under: Europe
The trouble with European cities is that most of them were laid out long before the advent of the automobile. Little wonder, then, that nearly all of them suffer from terrible traffic congestion. But which is the most jammed of all of them?
Brussels. The Belgian capital is also the seat of NATO, the [...]
