Daily Archives: July 12, 2012

Dangerous drivers "getting off lightly"

July 12, 2012   simon

Research by the Institute of Advanced Motorists has shown that drivers who commit serious offences are getting off more lightly then they did 10 years ago. Fifty-three per cent of those convicted of causing death or bodily harm through driving offences were sentenced to immediate custody (260 people) in 2011. This has dropped from the 83 per cent sentenced to immediate custody in 2001.
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New Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster

July 12, 2012   simon

Hot on the heels of the new Vanquish comes the new manual transmission V12 Vantage Roadster, complete with 510 bhp  The V12 Vantage Roadster’s 6.0-litre engine generates 517 PS at 6,500 rpm and 570 Nm of torque at 5,750 rpm. The 0-62 mph sprint is dispatched in just 4.5 seconds while this most potent Aston Martin Roadster is capable of 190 mph.
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Portuguese police get Nissan Leafs

July 12, 2012   simon

Urban police are to take delivery of the first eight Nissan Leafs, complete with sirens and blue lights. The electric Nissans will be used mainly as part of the Safe School Program, called PSP, but they can be called upon to perform other police duties at any time.
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Audi R8 E-tron sets EV lap record

July 12, 2012   simon

Following on from the Nissan Leaf story, maybe the police should get these instead. The all electric Audi R8 e-tron, which goes on sale later this year has lapped the Nurburgring circuit in 8 minutes, 9 seconds. How fast is that? Well a conventional Audi R8 V8 managed it in 8 minutes and 4 seconds in 2007, so it is pretty much identical to the standard car. That is mighty impressive, although we should point out that the e-tron had its speed limiter raised from its standard 124 mph to 155 mph for this run.
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Speed cameras still snapping

July 12, 2012   simon

The RAC Foundation has warned that the widespread belief that speed cameras have been switched off is not quite true. There are still 487 fixed cameras taking photographs out of a total of 2331 fixed camera sites. For those who are not fans of speed cameras, the main news is that there is not much money around to replace the old cameras as they get to the end of their lives. The RAC Foundation quotes an estimate of £20,000 to replace each camera with a digital one.
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