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Woodward 2009: License plates - They're the original Twitter!

These days, Twitter is all the rage as a means for the digitally inclined to communicate their thoughts in bursts of 140 characters or less. However, that 140 character limit is positively verbose compared to an older and more established means of short messaging. Drivers long ago realized that certain combinations of letters and numbers could be used to send messages in less than seven characters. One of this blogger's all time favorites was a classic Lamborghini Countach with the plate IXLR8. While that particular Lambo didn't appear ... Read more →

Could Ross Brawn lose his license for speeding? Noah Joseph

Are Formula One legends above the law when it comes to driving on public roads? No and that belief hasn't stopped a handful of drivers from getting into their fair share of trouble. Lewis ...

VA driver's licenses going black-and-white to thwart counterfeiters Jonathon Ramsey

To aid in the fight against counterfeiting, Virginia is combining new tech with old: lasers and black & white photography. The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has ceased issuing licenses ...

Huh? Fewer 16-year olds are getting their licenses Michael Harley

Have teenagers gone nuts? The Federal Highway Administration is reporting that the percentage of teenagers with driver's licenses is going down. Yeah, decreasing! What is up with that? When I was ...

Improvements in Virginia brought to you by new fines on speeders Jonathon Ramsey

So they're not out to break a speeder's bank like Indiana, but Virginia has created a host of civil fines for speeders that will pay for the state's new annual $1 billion transportation package. That ...

The Driving Dutchman goes 67 years with no tickets, no crashes, and no license 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're sure that policemen in Holland have seen plenty of strange things. The tiny country gets people from all over the world who can't wait to do all kinds of stuff that they'd never do at home. And we suspect that the Dutch wish they wouldn't do them in Holland, either. This time, though, the ...

Porsche Cayenne phone looks worse than actual Cayenne 2 years ago on Autoblog

Even Porsche lovers will readily acknowledge that the Cayenne is far from being the most beautiful creations ever penned by Stuttgart, so why on earth would anyone want to mimic the shape in any form? Someone in Hong Kong evidently thought otherwise and produced this (hopefully) limited-edition ...

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 ...

One license to rule them all: Euro-wide driver's license approved 3 years ago on Autoblog

Yesterday, the European Parliament made way for a new law that would standardize all 110 licenses currently employed by the 200 million inhabitants of the European Union. The move to issue one license throughout the EU came at the behest of both legislators and safety advocates alike, in an attempt ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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