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Irony: Red light cameras a safety impediment

Red light cameras are nothing more than a surreptitious tax. Oh sure, they're sold to municipalities as a safety benefit, but what else would you say if you wanted to be paid to install, administrate, and monitor your little ticket-writing bots? The cities and towns that put the cameras greedily snap up the extra revenue generated by dangerously short yellow lights and overzealous cameras. Patrick Bedard has been poking holes in the theory that traffic cameras are the salve for behind the wheel idiocy, and a recent study by the University of ... Read more →

Infrared enforcement coming to carpool lanes Siddharth Raja

We've all been tempted to merge into the car pool lane when driving alone in heavy traffic, but either the shame of other motorists seeing you illegally use it or the thought of the police catching ...

VIDEO: SSC Ultimate Aero TT record run caught on tape Damon Lavrinc

click above image to view new pics of the SSC Ultimate Aero TT's record run It was made (almost) official last week that Shelby Supercars' Ultimate Aero TT has been crowned the fastest production car ...

British insurer says speed cameras are killing the points rating system Jonathon Ramsey

Britain's installation of more speed cameras and the swap to digital means they'll catch even more speeders. That's good for the treasury. According to British insurer Swinton, it isn't good for the ...

They do it different in Texas: Speed cameras banned statewide Dan Roth

Finally, someone's fighting back against the fleecing of the general populace. Famous for liking things big, Texas lawmakers have laid the smackdown on red light and speed cameras in a large manner. ...

Canadian man will trade snakes for car, any takers? 2 years ago on Autoblog

You want to be a photographer and herpetologist but haven't found the right camera and nest of vipers at the right price. You also happen to have a car worth about $3,500 Canadian that you want to get rid of. Well there's a man in London, Ontario who's got a deal for you. In return for that car he ...

All your license plates are belong to us: System developed that scans plates on the fly 2 years ago on Autoblog

Bad guys beware, there is new technology that will hunt you down and have you singing the jailhouse blues faster than ever before. Harnessing the power of computers, the ALPR (Automatic License Plate Recognition System) allows police to be far more efficient, by no longer relying on just their sharp ...

New navi in UK guarantees no speeding tickets 3 years ago on Autoblog

Though the isle of Britain isn't that large in terms of square miles, it still contains 24,000 potential speed traps (about the same number in Ohio, we think). The Rossini Navigator and Camera Spotter is a satellite navigation unit that has each one of those traps plotted on its digital topography ...

Car safety is changed by shape-shifting metal 3 years ago on Autoblog

Researchers in Germany are developing a vehicle safety system that sounds like something straight out of science-fiction. The door and frame connection of a car is a weak spot in side collisions. After detecting an impending impact via mounted cameras and radar sensors, the experimental German ...

"Watch how you drive" takes on whole new meaning 3 years ago on Autoblog

You have the opportunity of a lifetime to drive a 400-horsepower CTS-V on a major track at full speed. Or you've rented a Mazda RX-8 for the weekend and have to tackle the twistiest mountain roads to visit your parents in an adjacent state. Ultimately you know, as you start that M5, all you'll have ...






Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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