Posts Tagged ‘AlarmClock’
From Xinhua via our friends at China Car Times comes the above photo, showing Chinese counter-terrorism forces going through drills as they prepare to crush any dissent terror threat that might arise during next month's Olympic Games. The black ninja suits, fritz helmets, body armor, and submachine ......
Prodrive sets up Essex police with 270hp Impreza interceptors
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
If you watched the first episode of Top Gear's season 11, you likely smirked at the lackluster Vauxhalls that the British bobbies have to drive in pursuit of "the baddies". But once in a while the constables in the UK gets something special in their motor-pools, like the Caparo T1, Lotus Exige, Lamb......
Cops now charging for gas used to catch you
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The high cost of fueling up is affecting just about everyone at the pump. But it's also costing us at the grocery store, the airport, and, beginning July 1, it could bump up the cost of your speeding tickets, too. When a north Atlanta suburb spent 60% of its police fuel budget in only five months, i......
Police break up Bugatti vs. Ferrari street race in UK
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
While we all know that a 16-cylinder Bugatti Veyron would leave a 12-cylinder Ferrari 599 GTB choking in its own emissions, two blokes in the UK apparently wanted to check it out for themselves. After witnesses reported the two supercars jockeying for position at high speeds on public highways, pol......
Trapster exposes speed traps on your mobile device
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
"Your mobile phone alerts you as you approach speed traps." That's the idea behind Trapster, an innovative service that uses technology, not the age-old flashing headlamps approach, to notify other drivers of a police speed trap. Motorists who come across an enforced speed zone are encouraged to rep......
Six cities busted for shortening yellow light
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Have you ever hit the throttle when a traffic light turns yellow, and then it turns red faster than you thought? We know it's happened to us, and for the most part we thought the problem was our bad timing. In six cities across these United States, missing a yellow light has less to do with bad timi......
Stolen donut van chased by cops, LOTS of cops
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Whatever you do,kids, do not steal a donut truck and try to drive that bad boy through Tama County, Iowa. They will make it positively rain police on you. Frank Alvarado found this out the hard way when he stole a donut van from a Donut Delite driver on his rounds, and ended up on a five-and-a-half-......
New Ferrari capable of snooze
Friday, January 13th, 2006
Though Ferrari is fundamentally incapable of creating a road car with the power to “snooze”, it’s more than willing to pimp out its logo for a product that can do it. Our pals over at Luxist noticed this Ferrari Projection Clock while perusing the Neiman Marcus website. For $200 you Ferrari-ph......