The greenest driving is that which is kept to a minimum; any trip replaced by walking or hopping on a bicycle will have a beneficial effect on your health, wallet and environment. Test your knowledge Green driving – keep your car or buy new? It would be greener and cheaper for many drivers to keep their car for as long as…
When it comes to our perception of road danger, what a difference a century makes. Folk in 1916 were understandably horrified with any driver that ran over a child, whatever the circumstances. “If you look at newspapers from American cities in the 1910s and ’20s, you’ll find a lot of anger at cars and drivers, really an incredible amount,” says…
The iPump Floor is a bicycle track pump that weighs 35 grams – about the same as a standard light bulb. The tiny pump features a lightweight carbon fibre body and polyurethane high pressure hose, which is only 4 mm in diameter. The iPUMP FLOOR has been designed to be light, strong, compact and it’s diminutive size means it can be…
Putting five-year-old kids behind the wheel might produce better drivers, but will they be safer? A new type of miniature electric car has been launched to teach five-year-old children to learn to drive. The tiny vehicles share many features with a full-grown car including: independent suspension, disc brakes, rack and pinion steering, indicators, headlights and an electronic speedo. With a…
The name Bill Nye might be unfamiliar, but in America he is well known as ‘The Science Guy’; a television presenter, writer and scientist with a reputation for taking a combative stance against those who doubt reasoned science. A fellow of the Committee for Sceptical Inquiry, an American organisation that aims to promote the use of reason in examining controversial and…
06/09/16
