The day before Iowa City voted to ban the use of red-light cameras, drones, and license plate readers, another city council in Northern California voted to approve the purchase and installation of 39 license plate readers (LPRs) to be deployed at its city border.
Story – From its LED lamps to the 3D cameras, radar and night vision systems that allow the new sedan to virtually drive itself, the new S-Class is a technical tour de force that will likely have competitors racing to catch up.
Story – A group of college students from Canada have set a new fuel economy record of 3,587 mpg at the 2013 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Houston. It was the highest mileage ever recorded at the event by over 1,300 mpg.
Story- Hendrick, a familiar face as a regular buyer and seller at Barrett-Jackson auctions, paid $1.1 million for the coupe in Scottsdale. So it was widely speculated that he would vie for the convertible. Now, he has a pair of No. 1 2014 Corvette bookends costing a total of $2.1 million. Barrett-Jackson charges no auction fees for charity sales.
Story- Ford Motor Co. says its Focus small car was the best-selling vehicle nameplate in the world last year, with just over 1 million sold.
Link – Los Angeles has reclaimed the dubious honor of having the worst traffic in the United States, according to an annual congestion scorecard.
Police searched Tuesday for the owner of a luxury Italian sports car that crashed along a La Jolla roadside and was abandoned by its two occupants, reportedly
Yay – According to citation, she had been driving 63 mph in a 65 mph zone — but in the left lane.
Finally some justice against those jerks in the fast lane.
Galpin Auto Sports – the “Pimp My Ride” outfit – has created a unique version of Ford’s extreme off-road F-150 SVT Raptorpickup truck inspired by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) Warthog vehicles featured in the videogame HALO 4.
Link – What aholes
The tax you pay on a gallon of gas will rise by 3.5 cents in California come July 1.
The state Board of Equalization voted 3-2 on Thursday to increase the excise tax about 10 percent, from 36 cents per gallon to 39.5 cents per gallon.
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