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A transparent Samsung HGV crammed an articulated lorry with electronics to allow drivers on the road behind to see right through it. The Safety Truck sets out to reduce the number of deaths on Argentinian roads by helping drivers to overtake large lorries. Unfortunately the danger posed by HGVs to cyclists in urban areas has yet to be...

Over 800 bicycles have been stolen today across Britain according to roadclock.com How many bicycles stolen today? The British crime survey, which examines people’s experience of crime rather than recorded offences, estimates that 533,000 are stolen bikes each year in Britain. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The Road Clock is a...

A man has bought his own stolen bicycle back from a thief rather than face an exorbitant excess on his insurance policy. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] Man buys back his stolen bicycle Mark Robinson told the Cambridge News “My insurance premium excess would have been more than this so the simple maths said it would be cheaper than getting a...

Forget about searching for a charging point for a battery-powered Leaf, Tesla or Volt – engineers have built what promises to be every motorist’s dream; an evaporation-driven car that can be filled up at any water tap. Forget electric cars. Water power is here The associate professor of biological sciences and physics at Columbia...

The solar-powered bicycle is the Holy Grail of urban transport - a sustainable and near-silent way of reducing congestion that opens up cycling to a new audience of commuters. The Solar Bike prototype is charged directly by the sun via solar panel disc wheels. Solar power frees the rider from electricity bills and the need for charging...

The paper counterpart to the driving licence has recently been scrapped, but because it's the part that showed driving offences, car hire companies now check to see if you have penalty points by viewing online records stored by the DVLA. If you hire a car in Britain or abroad, you may need to give the hire company a code which allows them...

Car exhaust emissions when driving in real world conditions are so much higher than official figures that the MOT test is to be made considerably tougher. Tests carried out by Emissions Analytics revealed that exhaust gases from diesel cars contain levels of NO2 (a toxic component of NOx) up to 12 times greater than those permitted at the...

In a typically British tribute to the Bradley Wiggins record of 55.2 km, a London cyclist has managed to cover 31.2 km over 'The Hour' on a Boris Bike. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] After riding Mont Ventoux on a Boris Bike, and then Mount Washington a New York Citibike, Rob Holden, Matt Winstone and Ian Laurie decided only The Hour...

Cheap and cheerful camping is hard to beat. All you need is find yourself a bit of wilderness. Trouble is, our little island is crowded. Even in the expanse of America, it's impossible to be further than 107 miles from the nearest branch of McDonalds. The first step towards escaping McCivilisation for a night or two involves taking the...

SNAP is a furniture bracket that allows you to transform bicycle wheels into coffee tables. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The SNAP assembly system makes upcycling everyday items into furniture a breeze. No tools are required for the simple brackets to transform any piece of old board - or even a bicycle wheels into coffee tables - into a...