Indonesian Sharia-Inspired Regulation Makes Women Ride Sidesaddle
8 Jan 2013, 15:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Indonesian province Aceh is governed according to Sharia, the Islamic law. Now, that could have passed unnoticed if the local authorities didn't rule women straddling motorcycles outside the Is...
Bell Withdraws Info on their New Rogue Helmet, Expected Back on January 8th
7 Jan 2013, 15:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Revzilla has done it: despite the Bell announcing the official release of their all-new Rogue helmet on January the 8th, the well-known motorcycle apparel retailer has posted a video review of the n...
Fines and Jail Time in Illinois for Apehangers and Wheelies
4 Jan 2013, 10:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As of January 1st 2013, wheelies and tall apehangers are illegal in Illinois. The Illinois Senate Bill 3452, passed in July last year has become effective, so if you're planning to do some stun...
DRIVE C2X, a System Helping Drivers to "See" the "Unseen" Motorcycles
28 Dec 2012, 14:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Road safety has been taken to the next level, or at least so it seems with the launch of the DRIVE C2X early warning system. The DRIVE C2X uses the C2C communication system between vehicles and the ...
2013 Nissan Altima Earns Top Safety Pick Plus Rating from IIHS
20 Dec 2012, 17:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Nissan Altima has earned the new "Top Safety Pick Plus" designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). As you might have herd already, the IIHS introduced m...
2013 Ford Fusion Earns New IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus Rating
20 Dec 2012, 13:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For 2013, the all-new Ford Fusion has managed to impress the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) so much that it’s been awarded the new Top Safety Pick+ recommendation, the highest a...
Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107 Receive Three-Star Euro NCAP Rating
19 Dec 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The European safety body Euro NCAP bluntly said today that the refreshed trio of city cars they tested recently disappointed them. All three cars have been recently facelifted from the previous m...
Toyota Fined Record $17 Million for Delayed Lexus RX Recall
18 Dec 2012, 13:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that it has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota a record $17.35 million (about €13 million) for not reporting a safety issu...
All-New Ford Transit And Tourneo Custom Earn 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
14 Dec 2012, 09:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Cars are becoming increasingly safe these days, with more airbags than we can remember, but why not also be safe in a van. We’ve all seen those horrific van accidents on TV, but that might be ...
Consumer Reports Expects Toyota to Announce Quick Fix for Emergency Trunk Release
14 Dec 2012, 09:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After discovering that the emergency trunk release, fitted to cars like the Lexus ES and GS, could easily break if pulled on too hard, and it would no longer be functional afterward, Consumer Report...
Lexus to Fix IS, ES, GS Models for Trunk Release Handle Flaw
13 Dec 2012, 12:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota will once again be forced to take money out of their own pockets in order to fix a problem with some brand new Lexus sedans found by Consumer Reports. Yes, it’s another one of those ...
Could the Kranium Cardboard Helmet Be the Next Big Step in Safety?
12 Dec 2012, 15:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Royal College of Art student Anirudha Surabhi is the inventor of a new helmet design we never saw coming: the cardboard helmet. It sounds really funny, but taking a closer look at all the marvelous ...
EVS AxisPro, One of the World's Best Protectors
12 Dec 2012, 12:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When it comes to riding a motorcycle and crashing, having the best protection you can afford can indeed make the difference between walking away, rolling away in a wheelchair or even worse. And sinc...
Coda Sedan EV Only Gets 4-Star Crash Safety Rating from NHTSA
9 Dec 2012, 10:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The all-electric Coda Sedan is an impressive little car, which will undoubtedly gain a loyal band of followers, after staying on the market, and ‘maturing’ for a while. However, one key ...
Dainese D-Air Street Airbag System Develops Further
8 Dec 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With Dainese being one of the world's best motorcycle protective gear manufacturer, it's small wonder that they are also in the lead when it comes to the next big step in 2-wheels safety: ...
2013 Ford Fusion Recalled for Headlight Issue
7 Dec 2012, 19:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has announced another recall for the Fusion sedan, this time the problem is found with the car’s headlights. "The affected vehicles may not have had the low beam headlamp projecto...
6D ATR-1 Helmet Offers Revolutionary Shock Damping
7 Dec 2012, 12:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's one piece of news on a very interesting new motorcycle helmet technology from manufacturer 6D: the ODS (omni-directional suspension) ATR-1 helmet. The ODS is the key element of the wh...
BMW X5 35d xDrive Recalled for Power Steering Failure
6 Dec 2012, 16:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Another day, another potentially deadly problem arrises in the world of car recalls. BMW has just issued a statement saying that a number of current generation X5 SUVs could suffer from power steeri...
Realflex Reflective Materials for Better Visibility at Night
6 Dec 2012, 13:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well, before proceeding any further we should stress that we really liked to see silly French law projects go down in flames. This piece is simply informative, so no teeth snapping, please. Well...
2013 Audi A4, S4 Get 5-Star Safety Rating from NHTSA
4 Dec 2012, 17:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Not surprisingly, Audi’s refreshed compact sedan models, the 2013 A4 and S4, scored well in safety testing conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, receiving a full 5-s...