A German city puts traffic lights in the sidewalks for distracted smartphone users.
Authorities in the city of Augsburg have installed traffic lights in the sidewalks for all those who walk along while staring at their screens. The sidewalk signals have been placed near a couple of tram stops. The floor-level traffic lights flash red when a tram is approaching and warn smartphone users when they’re about to walk into the path of a train.
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A bright red $50 000 Ferrari stolen 28 years ago was found by US customs officials and prevented from being exported to Poland.
The red 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi was stolen on July 19, 1987 from a Newport Beach car lot. The original owner is a man from Orange County, Calif. and now wishes to remain anonymous. He had expressed interest in buying back the car.
When three decades ago, the man discovered his car had gone missing, he reported the car stolen and was compensated by his insurance company. More »
Six convoys of self-driving trucks made by largest manufacturers arrived in Rotterdam’s harbour Wednesday taking part in the Truck Platooning Challenge: Europe’s first cross-border challenge involving automated trucks. Organisers say the experiment will revolutionize future road transport on Europe’s busy highways.
More than a dozen self-driving trucks made by six of Europe’s largest manufacturers- Daimler, IVECO, Scania DAF, MAN and Volvo- are taking part in the European Truck Platooning Challenge, organized by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment as one of the big events for its 2016 presidency of the European Union. More »