The Environment Agency and AA are urging drivers to be ‘flood aware’, as a survey shows that despite the wettest winter on record, more than two thirds of men and half of women would still risk driving through flood water.
The Environment Agency and the AA warn that more than 60% of drivers are still taking unnecessary risks by driving through flood water.
Just one per cent of car buyers would consider buying an electric car and only 13 per cent are interested in buying a hybrid vehicle, according to a survey.
By Chang-Ran Kim and Mari Saito
Toyota said on Thursday it would recall 57,000 vehicles globally to replace potentially deadly air bags made by Takata Corp, as a safety crisis around the Japanese auto parts maker looks far from being contained.
By Bernie Woodall
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday ordered air bag supplier Takata Corp to expand its regional recall of driver-side air bags to cover the entire United States.
By KATY DAIGLE
The three-wheeled rickshaw lurched through New Delhi’s commuter-clogged streets with an American scientist and several air pollution monitors in the back seat. Car horns blared. A scrappy scooter buzzed by belching black smoke from its tailpipe. One of the monitors spiked.
