Filed under: Etc. , Videos , Humor Duct tape versus a speeding car - Click above to watch the video after the break You can fix anything - (repetition for emphasis) anything! - with duct tape

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Video: Mythbusters, cars and duct tape. What could go wrong?

MARK WEBBER has shifted into reverse gear after slamming F1 host state Victoria as a “bloody nanny state”. The Australian, irritated at local overregulation such as the prevalence of speeding and parking fines, made the comment in the wake of Lewis Hamilton's famous run-in with Melbourne police in March. Then, when the formula one circus had moved on to Malaysia, Webber's father Alan and manager/partner Ann Neal posed with a group of fans wearing T-shirts bearing the wo…

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F1: Webber Hits Reverse After ‘Nanny State’ Comments, Todt Backs More Cost Cuts

Filed under: Motorsports Here’s a story you might expect more from Formula 1 than NASCAR : team owners say that you simply can’t be competitive in the sport if you don’t have a plane to shuttle your crew around. Rick Hendrick, for instance, has three 50-seat regional jets, Joe Gibbs has another three, and Jack Roush has two Boeing 727s.

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The key to NASCAR competitiveness is… an airplane?

NSW POLICE will soon begin cross-checking the number plates of speeding motorists against the RTA NSW database in a hunt for unregistered and 'third party' uninsured vehicles. Beginning in August, cameras on New South Wales roads will be used to detect the roughly 65,000 unregistered and uninsured vehicles believed to be on the state's roads.

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NSW: Speeding Motorists To Be Checked For Unregistered Or Uninsured Vehicles

‘Hey, check out the woman in the black 911.

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Heads Up, Brits: Satellites May Be Used To Track Your Speed

Filed under: Government/Legal , Videos , Motorcycle Anthony Graber meets the Maryland State Police - Click above to watch video after the jump We won’t be crossing the Maryland State Police any time soon. As Anthony Graber recently found out, exceeding the speed limit and showboating on your bike can easily end with having a gun pulled on you, your personal property confiscated and a trip to the clink. Graber was enjoying the weather on his bike, admittedly speeding and popping wheelies, all the time recording his exploits via a helmet cam.

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Report: Motorcyclist arrested for recording cop brandishing gun with helmet cam

Filed under: Government/Legal , Videos , Motorcycle Anthony Graber meets the Maryland State Police - Click above to watch video after the jump We won’t be crossing the Maryland State Police any time soon. As Anthony Graber recently found out, exceeding the speed limit and showboating on your bike can easily end with having a gun pulled on you, your personal property confiscated and a trip to the clink

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Report: Motorcyclist arrested for recording cop brandishing gun with helmet cam

Review: 2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet speaks too softly, but carries a big stick With performance convertibles, it’s all about compromise, but the S5 Cabrio holds its own… and then some. GSR Autosport BMW 350R: Part IV - Our inaugural event begins with a drift, a snap and a shatter Flogging an M5-powered BMW 3 Series in the Formula Drift season opener proves to be too much for a few custom suspension components

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 4.12.10

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Speeding Tickets: 65 issued per minute and other fun facts

VICTORIAN MOTORISTS clocked up more than 14,000 driving offences over the five-day Easter period, according to figures releases by Victoria Police today. Lead-footed drivers continue to be the biggest offenders, with a full 5285 speeding fines handed out between last Thursday morning and Monday night. New penalties and TAC warnings against mobile phone usage appears to have had a minimal effect, with 835 fines issued to offenders

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Victorian Motorists Rack Up 14,000 Driving Offences Over Easter

If James Bond can do it…

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Just In Case, Here’s How To Jump Out Of A Moving Car

Filed under: Coupe , Government/Legal , Chevrolet , GM Click above to watch the video after the jump The 1963 Corvette Grand Sport is one rare roadster. General Motors only built five of the Cobra killers before production was halted, and the rarest of ‘Vettes are worth millions at auction. If you don’t have Ferrari GTO 250 money to spend, one option is to shell out $189,000 to Duntov Motor Co.

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Report: GM suing Mongoose Motorsports over Corvette GS replicas [w/video]

Sure it sucks to get pulled over for speeding, but if you do, just be polite. Don’t admit guilt, but don’t ever get into a confrontation with the guy wearing a badge. You’re not going to win, and you may just piss him off enough to show up in court when you see the judge about your ticket.

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Filed under: Budget , Europe , Hatchback , Suzuki Suzuki Swift Sport “Rock am Ring” edition - Click above for high-res image gallery When you think of the N

Valentin Technologies releases teaser images of 170 mpg IngoCar The claim is it can go 1,000 miles on six gallons. Is it possible - or a good idea - to make good jokes about a speeding Prius

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AutoblogGreen for 03.17.10

Remember Jim Sikes? He’s the guy who claimed his runaway Toyota Prius almost killed him while driving on Interstate 8 in San Diego. Well, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been going over that car with a fine tooth comb trying to replicate claims that Sikes made about the car speeding out of control and almost killing him

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Runaway Toyota Prius Could have a Ghost in the Machine.

Ohio Traffic Ticket - This online Ohio Driving Safety program is approved in many court systems in Ohio. If you have received Ohio Speeding Tickets and been referred by your court to take a traffic school course, this is the course for you.

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FIGURES RELEASED BY the NSW Audit Office reveal that school zone speed limits are being ignored by many motorists. Auditor-General, Peter Achterstraat said although casualty numbers have dropped, ten out of 12 schools surveyed said that speeding was an ongoing problem. “Only two out of 12 school zones surveyed saw motorists slow down to the speed limit,” Mr Achterstraat said.

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Filed under: Etc. , Europe , Government/Legal Every couple of years, a big charity gets in trouble for paying out big monies to executives or cronies

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German charity execs in hot water over luxury car ownership?

Reuters reports that a speeding Swiss motorist was fined 299,000 Swiss francs for speeding at 100 miles per hour in his Ferrari Testarossa. A court in the northeastern Swiss canton of St Gallen gave the millionaire the hefty penalty, which outstripped the previous record of 111,000 francs handed a Porsche driver in 2008 in Zurich, after a string of previous traffic offences.

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WRAL reports that a group of Durham residents are so angry about people speeding through they neighborhood they have posted signs warning that speeders will be blasted with paintball guns. The group, Angry Neighbors With Paintball Guns, posted signs at strategic locations throughout the city, warning motorists to slow down or risk being shot at with a paintball gun. The group does not say if the signs are meant to serve only as an attention-grabber or if it plans to shoot paintballs at vehicles.

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Back in september 2007 Tim Brady was jailed for 10 weeks for speeding in his companies Porsche.

A polica constable for Abingdon police (oxfordshire police) clocked Mr brady doing 172MPH, which is the equivalent of 77 metres per second and 3 miles a minuit, and took him 681 metres to stop.

This car is capable of speeds up to 190 MPH.

172MPH is the fastest speed anyone in the UK has been caught doing and been prosecuted for.

This porsche 911 TURBO which he borrowed of the luxury hire company he works for is worth £98,000.

But this man paid the price for a few minuits dangerous fun.