A suburb of Montreal, Canada, is hosting an experimental traffic light that only turns green for the good drivers who keep their speed to the limit. Racing Tech | The Most Powerful Engines in Racing Can Be Found in the NHRA In case you missed it: Brossard, Quebec, is the first place in Canada to […]
NYC’s Buses Can Soon Ticket Bad Drivers for Various Violations
Photo: Cindy Ord / Staff (Getty Images) If you want more people to use public transportation, it needs to be fast, frequent and reliable. Unfortunately for any city trying to make that happen, buses have to deal with one challenge that trains usually don’t: inconsiderate drivers. Sure, every now and then, someone parks their car […]
I Don’t Know How Pedestrians Will See Skoda’s Grille Warnings
Image: Skoda For some unknown reason, people in cities refuse to stay cooped up in their homes and insist on walking around outside even though everyone knows that outside is specifically reserved for cars. That means that while driving around like a normal person, you run the risk of getting pedestrian gunk all over the […]
NYPD Parks on Sidewalks at Everyone’s Expense
If you’ve spent any time at all near a New York Police Department precinct, the first thing you probably noticed were all of the cars inexplicably parked on sidewalks, in bike lanes, and in crosswalks. Well, it’s not a one off thing in your neighborhood. It’s an epidemic, and a new study from a Ph.D. […]
Watch Wild Parrots Redirect Traffic in a Construction Zone
Someone or something kept moving traffic cones in a construction zone along a popular tourist route on New Zealand’s South Island. The cones had been placed on the road at the entrance to Milford Sound in 2016 while the Te Anau, or Homer Tunnel, was undergoing maintenance, but the cones kept mysteriously moving, according to […]
What Do You Want to Know?
There’s a first Jeep for everyone. Photo: Quietkat I’ve been in the US for nearly two years now, and I still haven’t had a chance to drive a Jeep. Thankfully, that’s all about to change as one that’s been neatly packed away in a big cardboard box has just turned up at my apartment. Project […]
Americans Are Finally Getting on Board with E-Bikes
Photo: deepblue4you (Getty Images) The world we know and love is dying, but we’re working on fixing that. Humanity is pushing inexorably towards electrified vehicles, trying to get those hydrocarbons and greenhouse gases from combustion engines out of our atmosphere. But are we doing the right thing? Are EVs the only way to preserve our […]
The Most Beautiful Big-Rigs in America
Roger Snider started his photography career doing fashion ads. But about 15 years ago, he began taking photos of decked-out big-rig trucks — first in Japan, and later in the U.S. His work caught the attention of National Geographic, which inspired him to track down the most beautiful big-rigs on earth for a photography project […]