Three undercover cops get on this limo-bus after being intrigued by the $40 all-you-can-drink offer. Once on the bus, clothes are taken off and lap dances and other acts are offered. After having a couple of lap dances, the cops bust everyone on the bus for soliciting prostitution. Maybe they should’ve driven this thing to Nevada, where prostitution’s legal.
Sources: Edmunds/InsideLine, Newsweek
Video: Miami Herald
Seems logical that Cali would have the most speed traps (according to speedtrap.org) as they’re the most-populated and have tons of roads. The rest of the top 10 fall into the similar population-to-area ratio. In descending order after Cali, the most speed traps are in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, NY, Ohio, NJ, Pennsylvania and Georgia. South Dakota, which is near the bottom, also has the city considered the safest to drive in, which is Sioux Falls, according to Allstate Insurance. You probably won’t be finding many of Jalopnik’s Top Ten Real Life Car Chases coming from that state.
Sources: NMA, NYTimes
Photo: Gilroy Dispatch
According to German auto industry insider, George Kacher, VW is pushing up the release date of their "One Liter" eco car. Unveiled in 2002, the company claimed the slippery, 300 kg, one-cylinder, two-passenger car could get 100km (62 miles) from a liter of gas. VW was supposedly waiting for the price of carbon fiber to come down and probably believes that the current oil crisis neccessitates the move. Meanwhile, it’s believed Chrysler will unveil a superchareged, 600 hp version of their Challenger at the SEMA show in November, this after have just seen a 36% drop in June sales. Who’s thinking ahead here?
Michael Shrimpton, noted national security and intelligence expert, went to a UK court yesterday while representing a man for speeding. His plan was to claim that "prosecutions relying on cameras - both handheld and fixed - have been won on inadmissable evidence" because many of those cameras were put into use without approval from Parliament. He said, "It seems that around 10 million prosecutions, including fixed penalty cases, have been based on unapproved devices." Shrimpton won a a similar case two weeks ago on the same argument. A Home Office spokesman claims the cameras are legal and that the government won’t be embarrassed. We have yet to find out the result of his latest case.
Source: People.co.uk
Photo: ukipworcs.co.uk
Top Gear co-host, Tanner Foust, gives some details about the up-coming show to Jonny Lieberman. He reiterates much of what Adam Carrola said; that they’ll be given free reign to say what they want (and later in the interview he self-censors himself when he puts down econoboxes). The format will be very much the same as the UK’s version, albeit shorter because of commercials. And, as for fellow co-host, Eric Stromer, Foust says that while he’s not a techincal "car guy," he will represent much of their audience; everyday people who aren’t complete gearheads but like cars.
In a recent Top Gear episode, Clarkson & Co. pitted an M3 against a Prius on their test track. The M3 followed the Prius around the circuit as it lapped as fast as it could. It bored Clarkson to tears but he did it in the name of science. The end result showed the M3 averaged 16.1 mpg vs. the Prius’ 14.3 mpg. Does it take a genius to figure out why?
Source: theNewspaper
Photos: BMW, Topspeed.com
Geotegic, Team Polizei’s mapping consultancy, which has been providing detailed 2d Google Maps for Piaggio’s "No Age Limit Ride" since the June 13th, just recently published a 3D Google Earth map that gives viewers a greater sense of the terrain and landmarks along Buddy & Bob’s epic ride. It’s free to download, you just need to install the Google Earth program, which is free, too.
You’d think there are better ways to protest high gas prices than setting your car on fire, for example, public transportation or a getting a motorcycle or a boycott, but that’s just what a 30 year-old Bavarian man did with his ‘95 3 Series after parking it on the Frankfurt convention center’s grounds. He has not been charged with a crime, yet, but could easily be hit with violating environmental laws. No irony there.
Source: CNN via Autospies
Photo: Autoblog.nl
In order to test their revisions to the 911’s dry-sump oiling system, Porsche built a moveable engine dyno to simulate the g-forces an engine is subjected to during a hot lap on the Nurburgring. They fed real-car data from a lap of the revered track into the engine rig. As you can see from the video, it tips, rolls and swivels, and g-forces peak at up to 1.4g’s. Watch the tach. Enjoy the music.
Source: Edmunds/InsideLine
Is this government intrusion or a benefit to us all? Or a government intrusion that benefits us all? I’d think taking as many drunk drivers off the road as possible can only be a good thing. After all, if you don’t drink and drive, why should you worry? And how many times have you had a glass or two or more of liquid confidence and gotten behind the wheel because you thought you were completely sober or in control but actually above the limit?
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