Los Angeles Made A Plan To Stop Traffic Deaths By 2025, But They’ve Doubled Instead

Los Angeles Made A Plan To Stop Traffic Deaths By 2025, But They’ve Doubled Instead

More people were killed in traffic collisions on the streets of Los Angeles in 2023 than were murdered. The city pledged in 2015 to end driving and pedestrian deaths before 2025, and after nine years of doing basically nothing, the city just keeps setting new fatality records year after year. An astonishing 337 Los Angelinos … Read more

Ford patents pedestrian safety tech: Here’s how the ‘inflatable bumpers’ will save lives

Ford patents pedestrian safety tech: Here’s how the ‘inflatable bumpers’ will save lives

American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for its new pedestrian safetytechnology. The carmaker intends to introduce the technology in its large SUVs and trucks in its bid to protect pedestrians from serious injuries when they meet an accident with the vehicles. The system uses inflatable bumpers that deploy immediately after sensing … Read more

It’s A Crows World And We’re Just Driving Around Cracking Nuts For Them

It’s A Crows World And We’re Just Driving Around Cracking Nuts For Them

People have found some clever uses for cars over the years, like roving power supplies, homes on wheels and even sophisticated ice cream makers. Now, an ingenious murder of crows has found a new use for the humble automobile: rolling nut crackers. I Need To Replace My Dying Volkswagen | What Car Should You Buy? … Read more

Stop Pressing The Crosswalk Button Over And Over

Stop Pressing The Crosswalk Button Over And Over

I don’t know about you, but when I’m waiting at a crosswalk to make my way across a road, I press the button a lot. Once when I first arrive, again after nothing seems to happen for a few minutes, and then at least three more times before the lights finally change. In my mind, … Read more