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How to Understand Car Noises
How to Understand Car Noises

29 Jan 2010, 15:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You don't need to be a mechanic to understand the basic needs of your car, even when they make themselves known via noises

 
Women Less Nervous When Driving with Partner
Women Less Nervous When Driving with Partner

3 Jan 2011, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The New Year has just begun but, as usual, the unknown men and women who conduct all sorts of more or less useful surveys are already hard at work. As a treat for 2011, they have just prepared a new...

 
Drive Nice, Get Awarded by Allstate
Drive Nice, Get Awarded by Allstate

28 Dec 2010, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever thought all the efforts you put into driving safely and cost effectively pass unnoticed in a world filled with road rage and distracted driving? If so, than you might want to check out the late...

 
Bus Driver Kills Snowman in Cold Blood, Resigns
Bus Driver Kills Snowman in Cold Blood, Resigns

15 Dec 2010, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Resign?! Off with his head, that should have been the decision a proper court of law should have taken after this unfortunate event took place of the otherwise peaceful streets of the University of ...

 
Naked Driver Touches Himself in Kissimmee
Naked Driver Touches Himself in Kissimmee

9 Dec 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A deadly danger lurks on the dark streets of the quiet town of Kissimmee, Florida. A black Ford F-150 pickup, looking like it just come out right of Tarantino's Death Proof, is cruising about, ...

 
Convicted Drunk Driver Sues Victim's Parents
Convicted Drunk Driver Sues Victim's Parents

15 Nov 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In April 2007, tragedy struck Stephen and Joanne Kenney, the parents of a 14-year-old boy who got killed in a traffic accident. Matthew Kenney was at the time riding his bike on Route 69 in the Wate...

 
Careless Women Drivers... And Men Even More So...
Careless Women Drivers... And Men Even More So...

25 Oct 2010, 13:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How many studies does this world need to get it through its head that people like cars, like buying them, like watching them, like making the paint on them shine, but rarely bother to look under the...

 
Woman Fails Driver's Exam 959 Times, Gets a Kia Soul
Woman Fails Driver's Exam 959 Times, Gets a Kia Soul

9 Sep 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Remember how a few days ago we brought you a piece of news from South Korea about a woman who tried, times and times again, ever since 2005, to get her driver's license? Remember how she manage...

 
Optical Illusion Scare for Vancouver Drivers
Optical Illusion Scare for Vancouver Drivers

4 Sep 2010, 11:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Authorities have long tried to make motorist abide by the laws, with various degrees of success, mostly depending on the scare tactics used. So far, the best way to make somebody follow the rules wa...

 
Passenger Grabs Steering Wheel, Flips Double Decker
Passenger Grabs Steering Wheel, Flips Double Decker

30 Aug 2010, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A double-decker was involved in what appeared to be a serious accident yesterday in Oxford, after one of the twelve passengers aboard fought the driver, injured him and grabbed the steering wheel. ...

 
Romanian Trucker Drives over Motorist
Romanian Trucker Drives over Motorist

30 Aug 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We've all heard at one point what road rage can do and even seen some of the horrific aspects this type of behavior can take sometimes. What happened in Italy however can surely be classified a...

 
Italy May Ban Old Drivers
Italy May Ban Old Drivers

6 Jul 2010, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following studies upon studies upon studies which claim elderly drivers have a tendency to be easily distracted and less careful while behind the wheel, the Italian government is preparing a piece o...

 
Britain's Worst Driver, Jailed
Britain's Worst Driver, Jailed

25 Mar 2010, 11:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It took 110 driving offenses (89 of them ending in conviction) and 59 bans from driving in 28 years for UK authorities to declare 50 year-old Thomas Feely the country's worst driver in history ...

 
Drunk Drivers to Be Banned for Life
Drunk Drivers to Be Banned for Life

9 Mar 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although authorities across the globe have always tried to reduce the number of drivers who get behind the wheel even if they're drunk, here is another initiative that could prove to be more ef...

 
Audi Extends Drivers Line Up for Le Mans 2010
Audi Extends Drivers Line Up for Le Mans 2010

28 Jan 2010, 11:22 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After getting a serious beating from Peugeot in last year’s 24 Hour Race at Le Mans, Audi decided to make serious changes as it probably misses the first place and the marketing opportunities ...

 
Swiss Man Fined $290,000 for Speeding
Swiss Man Fined $290,000 for Speeding

8 Jan 2010, 15:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Have you ever got fined and thought the amount was too much? This might make you completely change your mind, as a Swiss driver just got the biggest fine in the world from a court in the northern Sw...

 
Pennsylvania to Pass Text Messaging Law
Pennsylvania to Pass Text Messaging Law

10 Nov 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having witnessing a worrying boom in drivers who text while driving, more and more US states have began adopting legislation banning this dangerous habit. Until now, 18 states and the District of Co...

 
UK Drivers Seldom Check Their Tires...
UK Drivers Seldom Check Their Tires...

14 Oct 2009, 10:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...and often get into some type of car crash just because of this reason. According to a study conducted by safety organization TyreSafe, nearly 25 percent of East Anglia and North West almost never...

 
Volvo Starts On Road Human Behavior Research
Volvo Starts On Road Human Behavior Research

1 Oct 2009, 08:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo announced it is expanding its vehicle safety research with the introduction of the human element. Perhaps as important as the safety systems installed on the car, the huma...

 
Truck Rolls Aways by Itself, Driver Reports Theft
Truck Rolls Aways by Itself, Driver Reports Theft

12 Feb 2009, 16:57 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Any good driver knows that after parking your car, you should leave it in gear and with the handbrake on to make sure it doesn't roll away in your absence. But when it comes to automatic gearbo...