Posts Tagged ‘cops’

Tulsa police testing booty-shaking Rumbler sirens

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
In a move sure to please more than a few motorists, police in Tulsa, OK are testing new sirens on their patrol cars with a tone low enough to send vibrations through targeted vehicles and their occupants. It sounds strange, but as cars become more isolated from the outside world, it has become inc......

CES 2008: Navigon takes GPS back to the basics

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
To bring you every GPS device on display at CES, we'd need to start GPSblog. Instead we're gonna hit the ones we think stand out from the crowd, like the Navigon 7100 you see here.While the thing to do these days for GPS manufacturers is to cram everything they can into that black box on your dash, ......

More F1 Hoonery: Lewis Hamilton gets license suspended

Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Formula One wonder boy Lewis Hamilton decided that an appropriate follow up to a scorching F1 season and a second place finish on Top Gear's test track would be a high speed run through the north of France. The open-wheel prodigy was caught doing 120 mph near the town of Laon – 40 mph over the spe......

Man fills car, forgets it at gas station

Friday, September 7th, 2007
Some people forget their wallets, while others continuously leave their glasses or housekeys on the dining room table. I once forgot to replace the fuel hose at a gas station before driving off (Autoblog PSA: the replacement cost of a breakaway hose is around $96.00). Let's face it: we all forget st......

Fiat Uno low on horses, but full of bull

Sunday, August 19th, 2007
The Fiat Uno has never been considered a powerful vehicle, and we're sure there have been many attempts to boost its horsepower. But one man in South Africa took a different approach to performance. Instead of trying to add horses to an Uno, he went with other farm animals, stuffing his tiny Italian......

Fiat Uno low on horses, but full of bull

Sunday, August 19th, 2007
The Fiat Uno has never been considered a powerful vehicle, and we're sure there have been many attempts to boost its horsepower. But one man in South Africa took a different approach to performance. Instead of trying to add horses to an Uno, he went with other farm animals, stuffing his tiny Italian......

The anti-ticket donut will get you off with a warning every time

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Here's a novel way to ask for Mr. Maglite to introduce himself to your personage in a blunt manner. Simply present this little confection under glass the next time the jack booted thug officer appears at your window demanding license and registration. While it may sound kind of funny on the Web, cer......

How to tell when your community has too much tax revenue

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Click the Caddy to enlargeWith the lousy economy in Michigan, most towns and cities have been struggling with shrinking revenues from state and local property taxes. All over the state, public employees have been getting laid off. There are, of course exceptions, with Bloomfield Hills north of Detr......

Get some seat time in a TT, A4, RS4 and even an R8

Sunday, May 13th, 2007
If your local Audi dealer calls the cops every time you ask for a test drive of an RS4, we suggest you either dress nicer next time or, if that's not possible, head to one of four cities hosting the Audi Driving Experience.New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco are the four sites for Audi'......

Study: Kids are the biggest driver distraction

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
OK, anyone with kids probably said the same thing we did after reading the headline, "Duh." We hope LV, a British insurance company, didn't pay much for this study, which says distractions from kids cause even more accidents than mobile phones. They could have asked almost anyone with children what'......