Chevrolet Spark Earns Top Safety Pick, Rivals Fail Small Overlap Test
22 Jan 2014, 19:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Chevrolet Spark was the only minicar to earn the 2014 To Safety Pick award in the recent minicar crash test marathon conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Altho...
Stefan Bradl Advertises the Dainese D-Air Airbag
22 Jan 2014, 16:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / MotoGP LCR Honda star Stefan Bradl has been working closely wth Dainese over the past years helping them develop the D-Air rider airbag. Created as an additional safety system to add even more pr...
Safety Fail: 200 km/h Without a Helmet
22 Jan 2014, 16:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you've ever asked yourself whether riding a motorcycle with no helmet is "cool or fool", here a nice short video to help you decide. A most stupid bravado or simply a very dange...
Green Does Not Necessarily Mean Safe
22 Jan 2014, 14:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A green traffic light does not necessarily mean that the junction ahead is safe, and here's a video to back this. Old riders know that throttling away immediately after they got a green ligh...
2014 Chevrolet Malibu Earns 5-Star Safety Score from NHTSA
22 Jan 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Chevrolet Malibu sedan has received a 5-star overall vehicle score for safety from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Fitted with an ultra-high-strength steel sa...
Australian Senator Proposes Motorist-Set Speed Limits
21 Jan 2014, 14:24 UTC · By: Liana Nastase / When it comes to speed limits, there have always been contradictions and people that find them absurd while others find them acceptable. Still, there are certain people that believe a new system wou...
AFX FX-50 Dual-Shield Open-Face Helmet
21 Jan 2014, 11:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / AFX shows their FX-50 open-face helmet, a lid which brings 2 shields for extra protection at face level. This helmet comes with a generous shield which is quite handy for long hauls, especially. ...
Michelin Expanding Rain Grooves Tire Technology Expected for Motorcycles
20 Jan 2014, 16:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Michelin announces a new milestone in tire technologies: rain grooves which expand as the tire wears out, making sure they maintain the same ability to channel water out and providing grip. The n...
Stupid Triple Scooter Crash
20 Jan 2014, 14:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / You all know the classic Taiwanese speeding scooter rider recipe: have one guy mindlessly riding at high speed and insert a slightly different circumstance in the mix. There you go, the crash is re...
Wheelie Idiot Ignores the Stop Sign
19 Jan 2014, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I must admit I got a bit angry watching this video. It's this kind of nincompoops who keep on giving motorcycling a bad name, with their utter disregard for road laws and even own safety. As...
Chinese Rides Scooter Standing Backwards, Talking over Phone
17 Jan 2014, 11:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While this Chinese fellow's stunt riding has a massive dose of "cool", the same goes for the amount of "fool". First of all, we can figure that the guy is going to receiv...
Crazy Bike Stunt from Casual Rider
15 Jan 2014, 14:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We all know that "Level: Asian" meme, but here's another proof that this part of the world produces som stunnig riding talents. Now, the praises for such an intriguing stunt are ki...
Halo Belt Enhances Rider Visibility at Night
14 Jan 2014, 13:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's the Halo Belt, a nifty safety-focused accessory which can make the difference between being crashed into by a SMIDSY-ist or making it home safely. The Halo Belt is a strip of electro...
FLY Racing Shows Andrew Short Replica F2 Carbon Helmet
14 Jan 2014, 12:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / FLY Racing shows the Andrew Short replica F2 Carbon helmet, a pro-class lid made from aircraft-grade carbon fiber and Kevlar, with lightweight aluminium hardware and DOT, ECE and AS (Australia) cert...
Kranium, the Cardboard Helmet Is Inspired by Woodpeckers
13 Jan 2014, 12:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / More than 1 year ago, we reported on the Kranium, the helmet made from cardboard, an invention which promised to change the way we secure our heads when riding a bicycle. The story did not end there...
How Not to Ride a Bike through Turns
12 Jan 2014, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video is another textbook example of how not to ride through turns. In fact, it could serve better the "How Not to Approach Turns" chapter of the How Not To motorcycle encyclopedia......
Qoros 3 Sedan Is the Safest Car of 2013, Euro NCAP Says
10 Jan 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If we were to discuss automobile safety, we would probably think Volvo, BMW or Mercedes, but you’ll be surprised to know that this time around, a vehicle from Qoros Auto stepped into the...
CRASH, Australia's New Helmet Rating System
10 Jan 2014, 09:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Australia has put up its own motorcycle helmet rating system called CRASH. Now, despite the not-exactly-encouraging name, CRASH stands for Consumer Rating and Assessment of Safety Helmets and repre...
Car with Good Brakes Saves the Life of Scooter Rider
9 Jan 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video is a textbook example of how important paying attention when driving is, and how big a difference good brakes and tires can make when the going gets tough. For the scooter rider, the f...
Girl Unconscious After Scooter Crash
9 Jan 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Guys riding scooter fast, caught off-guard even they shouldn't have, crashing and acting stupidly because of zero first aid knowledge... sounds like some sort of movies scenario, doesn't i...