Consumers Desire More Automated Automobiles, According to Cisco Study Cisco report reveals that half of all global consumers surveyed purchase cars based on technology reputation of the brand SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 14, 2013 – Cisco today announced results of the Cisco Customer Experience Report focused on automobile buying and driving experience. Cisco surveyed…
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Portland police pursuit quack down caught on dash cam
One driver in Portland, OR should make a hefty donation to his or her local wildlife conservation group after a family of ducks got the person out of a speeding ticket. A Portland police officer clocked a car going 52 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone, but when the officer went to pursue the…
Subaru Forester first to ace difficult new IIHS crash test [w/video]
Redesigned Subaru Forester aces tough new crash test; only 2 of 13 small SUVs tested earn Top Safety Pick+ ARLINGTON, Va. – The 2014 Subaru Forester is the first vehicle to ace every aspect of the challenging small overlap front crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Forester, the only…
Driver, track worker survive horrific Ferrari 458 crash at Suzuka
Two people are lucky to be alive after a brutal crash during a recent Ferrari 458 Challenge event in Japan. Driver Shigeru Terajima lost control of his machine on the Suzuka Circuit start/finish straight, left the course at nearly 200 miles per hour and struck the inside wall where a corner worker was standing and…
Flying car falls from sky and crashes [w/video]
Flying cars aren’t on their way, flying cars are here. If we’re going to see more of them in the air above us, we’re also going to see more images like the one above, in which a Maverick flying car has crash landed in a tree. We wrote about the Maverick in 2010 and the…
Motorcyclist rear ends truck, lands in bed and goes for a ride
Just imagine for a moment that you’re driving across a long stretch of secluded desert highway, and suddenly you see a hand waving at you from inside the vehicle in the rearview mirror. While this might seem like the stuff of scary urban legends, it is exactly what happened to a man last week as…
Dubai police add Aston Martin One-77 plus Bentley and SLS AMG to exotic fleet
GulfNews.com reports the Dubai Police will add even more exotic cars to its fleet of law enforcement vehicles. As you may recall, the city’s police department already has a Ferrari FF and a Lamborghini Aventador. Now it looks as if officers will be able to patrol the streets in an Aston Martin One-77 Q-Series and…
Airbag recalls on track for record year
The escalating complexity of automobiles is led in part by the escalating complexity of safety systems. The once dumb airbag that lived all alone inside the steering wheel, for instance, is now a family of smart airbags that might be able to detect the location of the passenger they’re meant to protect and how best…
Plane crash at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan caught on dash cam
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World out there, folks. As if you needed further evidence to support the claim, the video posted below is sure to reinforce the notion that the recently ubiquitous dash cam craze in other parts of the world seemingly captures every moment of life. And, as we’ve seen in the…
Bicyclists walk away after terrifying Mulholland motorcycle crash
Now for a lesson in target fixation. As we’re sure most of you know, your vehicle tends to go where your eyes go, and that’s doubly true for motorcycles. Lock eyes with something you don’t want to hit and invariably, that’s precisely what you’ll do. One rider in California recently found that out the hard…