Car News recent articles in category Human Interest
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State fund to cover €40m claims bill owed to drivers following Setanta Insurance collapse
An Irish State fund will cover an estimated €40m shortfall owed to hundreds of drivers following the collapse of Setanta Insurance. At this time about 1,600 people with claims which were being processed by the Maltese insurer have been left out of pocket as there is not enough funds left in the cofferes of collapsed insurance company to make payouts....
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VW Monkey Tests showed that an Old Ford Pick-Up is Cleaner than a New Beetle
News of experiments on monkeys and also 2013 tests on human volunteers in Germany has sparked outrage among German politicians and forced apologies from VW, BMW and Daimler. On investigation into the affair, VW’s chief lobbyist was suspended. Prof Hutter told Bild the monkey experiment was “unbelievable and would probably not have been allowed in Europe”. On Wednesday a VW...
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Fear Of Self-Driving Cars Is Declining
Waymo, the self-driving car company created by Google has been testing its self-driving cars in the United States. Back in November Waymo announced it was modifying its self-driving program. Since then they have removed the backup driver from behind the steering wheel and have begun testing the cars with only an employee in the back seat. The company has been...
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Conor McGregor's Cars
McGregor's Super Cars Since bursting onto the UFC scene in 2008, Conor McGregor has become world famous for his bravado and cocky confidence. In the same time, he has also become something of a sporting and marketing phenomenon. On March 9, 2008, McGregor made his professional MMA debut at Cage of Truth 2, when he defeated Gary Morris with a...
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Dublin Traffic Gridlocked Taoiseach takes 75 minutes to get to work
The Dáil heard that traffic gridlock was so bad in Dublin on Tuesday it took the Prime Minister of Ireland, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 75 minutes to get to work. Although Mr Varadkar lives quite close to the city in Castleknock, west Dublin, it still took well over an hour to get to work. If the leader of Ireland finds it...
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Garda Tweet - 'Driver is toast now'
Driver is toast Gardaí stopped a car in Skerries, County Dublin during the week with no rear tyre! Not only did the guards discover this extremely dangerous vehicle being driven by this reckless motorist but they also discover a number of other traffic offences. After pulling the car over for the bazaar traffic offence of not having a rear tyre,...
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The 10 most expensive classic cars sold recently at auction
One of the most prestigious classic car auction in the world just recently wrapped up in Scottsdale, Arizona, where more than 2,600 cars were sold for a combined $248 million. As usual at the auction, there was strong bidding for the quintessential American muscle cars and vintage trucks but bids for top-priced sports cars such as Jaguars and Ferraris were...
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Self-driving cars and AI may leave a ‘third of the population unemployed’
Self-driving cars and AI (Artificial Intelligence) will leave a 'third of the population unemployed' and cause people to slip into a meaningless life of misery, expert warn Dr Subhash Kak of Oklahoma University made the comments going as far as saying that self-driving cars could make millions of people unemployed as AI takes over. The worry from many quarters is...
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Call for judges to receive training in assessing damages in personal injuries cases
Irish Judges are being called on to get extra training should get training on how to assess damages in personal injuries cases. The situation has been outlined in a new Government report on the cost of insurance recommends. At the moment, festivals and businesses say they are being threatened with shut-downs over the soaring cost of insurance cover. The latest...
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Glasses could prevent motion sickness in self-driving cars
A new patent has been filed, which if it becomes a reality in the future could help to prevent motion sickness in self-driving cars. Never mind festooning a self-driving car in lights and other devices to fend off motion sickness, you may very well just have to put on a pair of glasses. University of Michigan researchers have patented a...