Tag Archives: cars

CALIFORNIA: Court Tosses Ticket For Driving With Google Glass

A California court yesterday threw out the first-ever ticket for driving while wearing Google Glass, saying that there was no proof that the device had been in actual use. Advocates for the device had launched a social media campaign in support of the driver. Southern California resident Cecilia Abadie appeared in San Diego traffic court on Thursday for speeding and …

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NEW YORK: Assembly Gets Bill To Ban Google Glass Use While Driving

New York state Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) has introduced a bill banning the use of Google Glass while driving. “I will continue the fight to keep our highways safe as I have done for many years,” said Ortiz, who referred to Google Glass as “extremely dangerous technology.” Ortiz was also responsible for spearheading a bill in 2001 to outlaw the …

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Top Ten States With Worst Drivers

An insurance company provides the above ranking based on per capita tickets for speeding, careless driving, and failure to obey traffic signals.  Other rankings have yielded different results by calculating the per capita rates of DUIs and fatal crashes. (Tipped by JMG reader Jack)

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Meet NYC’s New Taxi

Promo clip by Nissan. I will always miss the Crown Vics.

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Quote Of The Day – Tom Comstock

“I told God, if he’s going to save me from death from this and he doesn’t send me a boyfriend, I’m going to call a party foul.” – Portland resident Tom Comstock, after pieces of lumber speared the cabin of his SUV when he was rear-ended during rush hour traffic. Emergency room doctors gave him a tetanus shot and told …

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Hummin 4 Jesus

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Black Boxes In Every Car By 2014

Associated Press: “Over 90 percent of new cars are being made with a black box. Similar to a flight cockpit recorder, it is called an Event Data Recorder -EDS. It records everything that is happening in your car. At issue is your right to privacy.”

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Luxury Cars Fail New Crash Test

Many of the most expensive luxury cars have failed a new crash test sponsored by the Insurance Institute. The new test examines the results of front-corner crashes, one of the most common angles of crashes in two-way traffic. Most midsize luxury cars — including the Mercedes-Benz C-Class — performed poorly in a new frontal crash test developed by the Insurance …

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In Loving Memory

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Chevy Volt Goes Gay-Friendly

Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Danny)

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Dogs In Cars

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How To Sell Cars In Texas

Copyranter sez: “He is a neighborhood-watching hero. I wouldn’t wear your hoodie to John Keating Chevrolet”

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NYC’s New Taxi Debuts

As I blogged about several times last year, New York City held a contest to replace its fleet of Crown Victoria taxis, which are no longer being built. My personal favorite, the futuristic entry from Turkey, was not selected. The winning Nissan entry debuted this week at the New York Auto Show. The city’s first purpose-built cab will host myriad …

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Frothy Sponsors NASCAR Entry

Racing today in the Daytona 500. Make your Santorum/car jokes now.

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Open Thread Thursday

Tell us about your commute.

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Renault Ad Shows Gay Wedding

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Flux Capacitor Sold Separately

The DeLorean will return in 2013 as an all-electric vehicle. List price $100,000.

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Happy Park(ing) Day

Today is International Park(ing) Day, when anti-car activists in 140 countries transform urban parking spaces into mini-parks, lounges, playgrounds, and gardens. NYC apparently turns a blind eye to the event and Gothamist has some photos of last year’s installations as well as a map for finding this year’s “parks.” It will not surprise you to learn that Park(ing) Day got …

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Open Thread Thursday

Tell us about your first car.

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Strange New Ad From Mercedes

JMG reader Davide writes to note that Italian activists don’t care for this strange new ad from Mercedes-Benz in which a woman chances upon a some rough-looking gay characters in a roadside diner.

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