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Major Fail: Bicycle Helmet on a Sport Bike
Major Fail: Bicycle Helmet on a Sport Bike

19 Dec 2012, 15:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Getting past all the arguments between those who oppose helmet laws and those who want to enforce them, wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle is a matter of personal safety. We're not sayin...

 
Speed Bumps Teach Rider a Lesson
Speed Bumps Teach Rider a Lesson

18 Dec 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's rather rare when local administration has speed bumps installed for no good reason. These traffic-calming passive security devices are meant to keep vehicle operators from speeding like ma...

 
BMW R1200GS Brutally Cut Off, Crashes Hard
BMW R1200GS Brutally Cut Off, Crashes Hard

18 Dec 2012, 12:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This dashcam footage is the perfect example of how reckless and dangerous some car drivers can be. It's no secret that a lot of car drivers simply don't know that a motorcycle has the full...

 
London Smash & Grab Biker Gang Caught and Convicted
London Smash & Grab Biker Gang Caught and Convicted

6 Dec 2012, 14:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / London has become quite an interesting place when it comes to thefts involving motorcycles, and we have seen quite some stir lately. However, members of a gang operating in West End have been recent...

 
Scooter Runs the Red Light, Goes "Bang!"
Scooter Runs the Red Light, Goes "Bang!"

5 Dec 2012, 13:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I guess there are rather few occasions when a guy running the red light makes it safely on the other side of the road, with most similar scenarios ending bad. Well, here's today's Asian re...

 
What in the World Could Make Roads Safer for Bikes?
What in the World Could Make Roads Safer for Bikes?

30 Nov 2012, 16:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / No, it's no war. I've long time admitted this and still I stand behind what I wrote back then. Those warmongers believing that car drivers and motorcyclists would and could never share the...

 
Taxi Manages to Crash Two Scooters in One Turn
Taxi Manages to Crash Two Scooters in One Turn

30 Nov 2012, 11:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's Asia time again, and after watching the loose way most people drive in this part of the world, the present movie is small surprise. First of all we could not help the elegant but utterly ...

 
France Dumps the Dumb Hi-viz and Breathalyzer Laws
France Dumps the Dumb Hi-viz and Breathalyzer Laws

29 Nov 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well yes, in the end reason has triumphed in France, but only due to public pressure: the silly high-viz armband and mandatory breathalyzer law projects have been dumped and it looks like the street...

 
Van Driver Runs Bike Over in Road Rage Incident
Van Driver Runs Bike Over in Road Rage Incident

28 Nov 2012, 16:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's one more disturbing dashcam footage, supposedly from Russia, depicting some almost surrealistic scenes at a traffic light stop. While it's not at all clear what has happened prio...

 
Colombia Bans Male Pillions
Colombia Bans Male Pillions

27 Nov 2012, 13:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / How about radical laws? Here's one in Colombia, to be enforced from the 30th of November, making it illegal for motorcyclists to ride with male pillions. Yep, you read it right: male passengers...

 
Police Driving Skills During Bike Chase in Poland
Police Driving Skills During Bike Chase in Poland

26 Nov 2012, 16:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding a bike fast through the city may sometimes pass unnoticed, but if a police officer sees you with no registration plate then it's party time. And that's exactly what happened to the ...

 
Speeding Will Send You to Jail in Switzerland As of 1st of January 2013
Speeding Will Send You to Jail in Switzerland As of 1st of January 2013

26 Nov 2012, 12:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With Switzerland being well-know for its drastic punishment of both speeding drivers and motorcycle riders, here's one more thing to always remind you to obey the speed regulations in the land ...

 
Lucky Scooter Rider Safe After Violent Head-On Crash
Lucky Scooter Rider Safe After Violent Head-On Crash

17 Nov 2012, 10:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Running the red traffic light, crashing head-on into an incoming car, flipping through the air, hitting the ground while wearing no helmet and then getting back on your feet spells sheer luck. Th...

 
Counterfeit Vespas Seized by Police at the 2012 EICMA
Counterfeit Vespas Seized by Police at the 2012 EICMA

17 Nov 2012, 09:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Great motorcycle shows just don't seem to be 100% clean, so to speak, and the 2012 EICMA in Milan, Italy makes no exception. After the last year's incident with the Guardia di Finanza sei...

 
A Car, a Bike and an Unlucky Pedestrian
A Car, a Bike and an Unlucky Pedestrian

15 Nov 2012, 16:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Luck runs out when people expect it the least, and that's a fact. But ignoring the basic rules in an intersection is kind of really asking for it. Now, if the pedestrian would have waited fo...

 
Chinese Driver Flees After Illegal U-turn Causes Crash
Chinese Driver Flees After Illegal U-turn Causes Crash

13 Nov 2012, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There is a very strong point in punishing those who flee from the site of the accident they've caused. In some cases the presence and intervention of a person can save lives and can prevent oth...

 
Audi RS6 Crashed During Armed Robbery in Stockholm
Audi RS6 Crashed During Armed Robbery in Stockholm

23 May 2012, 08:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It's been two years since we heard about a criminal activity involving an Audi RS6 - back in 2009, a group of smugglers used such a car to carry a large quantity of Marijuana, with those involv...

 
BMW, GM and Ford Allegedly Promote Illegal Logging and Slavery in Brazil
BMW, GM and Ford Allegedly Promote Illegal Logging and Slavery in Brazil

21 May 2012, 11:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’ve honestly suspected stuff like this all along, and we still do. Manufacturers preach about how green they want to be and how efficient their cars are, but who really stops and asks where ...

 
Atlanta Trying to Ban Drifting: Stop This Here
Atlanta Trying to Ban Drifting: Stop This Here

11 May 2012, 10:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Atlanta is a great place to drift, but it seems that certain members of the city council want to ban this kind of sport, reportedly due to noise-related complaints received from citizens. The pro...

 
Is Wearing Headphones while Driving Legal in the US?
Is Wearing Headphones while Driving Legal in the US?

30 Apr 2012, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One tends to see many people driving around while wearing headphones, yet very few people ask themselves whether or not it is legal. The short answer is ‘it depends’ on which state you&r...