Part Worn Tyre Risks Revealed by Tyresafe
3 Jun 2010, 09:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The specialists at Birmingham City Council studied the risks associated to part worn tires and found that nine out of ten failed to meet the minimum legal standards, Tyresafe announced today. This f...
Sex, Text, Play. What to Do While Driving?
26 May 2010, 10:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How many of you drivers out there haven't, at least once, taken your eyes off the road to have a quick looksee in the eyes of the one sitting next to you? How many of you text while driving? Or...
Older Riders Have More Sex, Study Reveals
10 May 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In case you had any doubts on how riding a bike can improve your sex life, results from the new AARP sex survey, Sex, Romance, and Relationships: AARP Survey of Midlife and Older Adults, released la...
Motorcycles Fatalities Down in 2009, Study Shows
23 Apr 2010, 09:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new study released yesterday by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reveals that motorcycle fatalities declined in 2009 by at least ten percent, which is the first drop after 11 straig...
JD Power Forecasts a 55 Percent Market Growth in China by 2015
22 Apr 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Sales of passenger vehicles in China, including passenger cars, SUVs and minivans, are expected to rise from 8.7 million units in 2009 to 13.55 million units in 2015. This means an increase of more ...
Riding Courses Don’t Make Motorcyclists Safer, Study Says
7 Apr 2010, 13:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A recent study conducted by the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the IIHS revealed that motorcycle training courses don’t make riders safer, neither do they decrease the risk of cr...
Motorccyle ABS Saves Lives, IIHS Study Reveals
2 Apr 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Although some riders seem to be a bit skeptical when it comes to ABS-equipped motorcycles, and have trouble understanding its use when riding on two wheels, a recent study published by the Insurance...
Half of Truck Drivers Don’t Use A Safety Belt, Study Says
1 Apr 2010, 12:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / There is no secret that most drivers still avoid using the safety belt, which is also the most common causes of death in traffic accidents in Europe today. Moreover, a recent study commissioned by V...
Ford Bows to Women Purchasing Power
16 Mar 2010, 14:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Times have changed and if women were once considered as being fragile and weak, they are now seen as the main target for retailers, especially vehicle manufacturers. Ford is such an example, the car...
Banning Cellphone Use While Driving Doesn’t Reduce Crashes
29 Jan 2010, 14:07 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Highway Loss Data Institute decided to bust another contemporary myth: banning cellphones use while driving does not reduce the number of accidents. The study was done by analyzing insurance cla...
BMW Shows MINI E Study Results
28 Jan 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The MINI E has been around for a while and it is BMW’s response to the electric vehicle hysteria. The automaker leased the electric vehicle as part of a study, hoping that after a year the dri...
Increased Riders Death Blamed on Repealed Helmet Law
14 Jan 2010, 15:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A study published in January's edition of the Southern Medical Journal places the blame of increased riders deaths solely on the leather shoulders of a repealed motorcycle helmet law. According...
Amatoya: the Fire-Fighting Concept
29 Dec 2009, 17:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Amatoya is a concept portraying the fire-fighting vehicle of the near future. It is designed by Liam Fergurson and it seems to be inspired from one of the army’s trusty workhorses’ l...
Confirmed: Men Are Better at Parking, Study Shows
25 Dec 2009, 13:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / If it wasn’t a female scientist to prove this, we might still have had some second thoughts when coming to such a disputed subject. However, recent studies conducted under Dr. Claudia Wolf&rsq...
Motorcycle Customer Satisfaction Increases Despite Low Sales
18 Dec 2009, 13:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The slow sales registered by motorcycle manufacturers may be disappointing, but the overall customer satisfaction seems to be improving by the day, a recent study released by J.D Power and Associate...
Bikers Are Less Likely to Drink and Ride, Study Shows
26 Nov 2009, 13:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new study released by the British MCI organization revealed that motorcyclists are almost half as likely to take the risk of drinking before riding than other motorists. The statistics showed that...
The Auto Industry, "Boom and Bust, Without the Boom"
24 Nov 2009, 16:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / According to a study presented today by Fitch Ratings, the US automotive industry is caught in a "boom and bust cycle, without the boom," similar to the one experienced by the airline indu...
Study Predicts 14 Mil. EVs in the US by 2020
19 Nov 2009, 14:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new study predicts that there will be at least 14 million electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2020 and that EVs could account for 75 percent of all light-duty miles driven by 2040. The study is ca...
11% Vehicles Have at Least One Bald Tire, Survey Shows
19 Nov 2009, 13:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A recent survey conducted by the AAA on more than 7,000 vehicles revealed that 11 percent of them had at least one bald tire, which could increase the risk of crash, especially during fall and winte...
People with Hemianopia Are Not Safe to Drive, Study Finds
13 Nov 2009, 11:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / More than a million people suffer from hemianopia, a condition in which one half of the visual field in both eyes is blinded, usually as the result of a stroke or head injury. A recent study conduct...