Saturday, April 04, 2015
the evolution of the Peugot lion was well done on retrovisiones.com, from 1905 to 2015
I like the brass era the best, but the rest are at http://www.retrovisiones.com/2014/12/la-evolucion-del-leon/
Well.. this ought to give someone nightmares, and you'll never absentmindedly open your car door ever again
Always have a can of wasp spray handy. It's better than pepper spray for people, bears, bees, what ever is attacking you that you'd rather be left alone by. Good for 15 to 25 feet of stream spray.
In Queens, NY there are 9 intersections and 28 corners of 60th and 60th
From http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2015/03/lets-meet-on-corner-at-60th-and-60th.html
Friday, April 03, 2015
Nitto's Battle of the Street is down to the final match, Porsche GT3 vs McLaren 650
I'm guessing that the McLaren wins. You'd think Nitto would know the L is capitalized in McLaren.
and check out the brilliant turn signal on the McLaren 570: http://jalopnik.com/the-mclaren-570s-has-the-best-integrated-marker-light-e-1695569716
Skip the first minute, then you'll see how uneven the matches were. The Lambo and GT R never stood a chance.
http://battleofthestreets.nittotire.com/
It is "Distracted Driver Awareness Month" and cops are getting into action (what do they do the other 11 months a year?)
Chula Vista, a district of San Diego, on the South side of the city, has it's own police force, and yesterday they waited until 4pm for rush hour to begin, and then they began looking into vehicles for texting, distracted driving via holding phones up to ears, and seat belt violations.
In 6 hours, they had stopped 140 cars, wrote out tickets to 65 people driving while on the phone, 45 for texting while driving, and 18 for vehicle code violations like tinted windows and non functioning brake lights, and 2 people for drivers licenses expired.
This was the first of a weekly effort in the month of April, to take one day a week to focus on doing their job relative to the traffic section of the laws they are supposed to be paying attention to. What they do the other 48 weeks a year, well, that wasn't a question that the news dept of Fox 5 asked.
The California Office of Traffic Safety, the California Highway Patrol, local police departments, the county sheriff’s department and other law enforcement agencies planned to ramp up their efforts to prevent distracted driving throughout the month.
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/04/03/cops-ticket-110-drivers-in-6-hours-for-using-cell-phones/
So, once May begins, we can expect to not see as many cops paying attention to this aspect of their job again. After all, they are allowed to call and text, and operate the police car laptop while driving.
In 6 hours, they had stopped 140 cars, wrote out tickets to 65 people driving while on the phone, 45 for texting while driving, and 18 for vehicle code violations like tinted windows and non functioning brake lights, and 2 people for drivers licenses expired.
This was the first of a weekly effort in the month of April, to take one day a week to focus on doing their job relative to the traffic section of the laws they are supposed to be paying attention to. What they do the other 48 weeks a year, well, that wasn't a question that the news dept of Fox 5 asked.
The California Office of Traffic Safety, the California Highway Patrol, local police departments, the county sheriff’s department and other law enforcement agencies planned to ramp up their efforts to prevent distracted driving throughout the month.
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/04/03/cops-ticket-110-drivers-in-6-hours-for-using-cell-phones/
So, once May begins, we can expect to not see as many cops paying attention to this aspect of their job again. After all, they are allowed to call and text, and operate the police car laptop while driving.
Just a clear sign that Bernie has lost his marbles, he wants a seperate race series for women drivers
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone expressed his desire to see a parallel championship for women drivers at this past weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, telling The Guardian, “I thought it would be a good idea to give them a showcase. For some reason, women are not coming through – and not because we don’t want them. Of course we do, because they would attract a lot of attention and publicity and probably a lot of sponsors.”
“It is only a thought at the moment but I think it would be super for F1 and the whole grand prix weekend.” The problem with the proposal is unlike most other professional sports, racing provides avenues for men and women to compete against each other on level playing fields.
http://www.carcrushing.com/formula-1s-boss-wants-a-separate-championship-for-women-drivers/
“It is only a thought at the moment but I think it would be super for F1 and the whole grand prix weekend.” The problem with the proposal is unlike most other professional sports, racing provides avenues for men and women to compete against each other on level playing fields.
http://www.carcrushing.com/formula-1s-boss-wants-a-separate-championship-for-women-drivers/
1873, L'Obeissante (the obedient)
Steam powered, 12 passenger, weighed 5 tons, could move at 40 mph.
Thus, the October 16, 1875 was born in Europe the automobile age, when the Obedient , the horseless carriage, entered Paris to the amazement of the crowd. The success was overwhelming and the mood of the inventor reached the sky, giving wings to their ingenuity to keep improving in successive prototypes, the steam car. Ah, but everything has its gray side. The Obedient was so fast at the time that this adventure was made Bollée fined up to 75 times for speeding.
http://globedia.com/bollee-familia-inventores
this photo is from 1923 at the Le Mans circuit
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