Britain's first self-driving cars will be unmarked so aggressive drivers don't bully them
Suzanne Tucker/Shutterstock Britain's first self-driving cars to be driven by ordinary people will not have any markings due to fears that aggressive drivers will try and bully them. The Observer reports that Volvo is planning a pilot project in 2018 that will lease vehicles to regular Brits that are capable of driving autonomously."From the outside you won’t see that it’s a self-driving car.
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New Jersey
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $601
Total extra vehicle repairs: $3.476 billion
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 66%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 2,334 of 6,566 (35.%)
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California
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $586
Total extra vehicle repairs: $13.892 billion
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 68%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 6,853 of 24,955 (27.9%)
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Hawaii
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $515
There's A Road-Legal Can-Am McLaren For Sale, In Case You're Crazy Enough
Built in 1969, road legal in California since 1976, available today with a French plate.The M12 was McLaren's customer car offered to privateers for the 1969 Can-Am season. Basically, it's an upgraded version of the M6 chassis from two years earlier with a more aerodynamic body, and an 800-hp Chevy big block in the middle.
Total extra vehicle repairs: $456 million
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 49%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 494 of 1,125 (43.9%)
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Rhode Island
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $467
Total extra vehicle repairs: $350 million
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 70%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 433 of the 766 (56.5%)
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Oklahoma
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $425
Total extra vehicle repairs: $978 million
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 70%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 5,828 of the 22,912 (25.4%)
Meet the Man That Drove His NSX 90,000 Miles Across the USA in Three Years
Fred Plan didn't intend for his first-generation Acura NSX to become his daily driver. Or to road-trip it across the U.S. But that's exactly what happened. To reach Minnesota's Northwest Angle, the northernmost point in the continental United States, the result of a Revolutionary War-era mapmaker's error, you first must cross the 49th parallel into Canada, then cross back into America. The border crossing is nothing more than a phone booth with two pre-programmed buttons: Press one to cross from America into Canada, and press the other for the opposite.
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Vermont
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $424
Total extra vehicle repairs: $230 million
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 45%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 903 of the 2,731 (33.1%)
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Maryland
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $422
Total extra vehicle repairs: $1.598 billion
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 55%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 1,418 of 5,291 (26.8%)
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Mississippi
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $419
Total extra vehicle repairs: $811 million
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 51%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 3,636 of 17,044 (21.3%)
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Louisiana
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $408
1968 Plymouth Road Runner - Road To Stardom
This Matador Red 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi, owned by Patrick O'Leary, has won either First or Best of Show at every event it has entered! 1/3 SLIDES © Provided by Hotrod 2/3 SLIDES © Provided by Hotrod 3/3 SLIDES © Provided by Hotrod Stardom on planet muscle car is not quite as fickle as the train wreck that is popular culture these days. Achieving celebrity status in the social media era seems not to require any particular capability, talent, or intelligence. However, in the late '60s, recipes of varied ingredients found on muscle cars guaranteed a meteoric rise in popularity and recognition.
Total extra vehicle repairs: $1.2 billion
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 62%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 3,790 of 13,050
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New York
Annual operating cost per motorist due to driving on roads in need of fixing: $403
Total extra vehicle repairs: $4.551 billion
Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 60%
Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 6,775 of 17,442
Anyone who has spent any time in a car recently knows that America’s roads are a mess.
And anyone who follow politics knows why: Repairing those creaking bridges and crumbling roads requires a lot of money: The Federal Highway Administration estimates that it would require $170 billion a year to significantly improve the country’s roads. (Click through the slideshow above to see the 10 states where broken roads cost drivers the most.)
Congress was deadlocked for much of the summer on highway spending and at the end of July passed an emergency extension -- for the 34th time -- to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent for the next three months.
Road & Track's 2017 Performance Car of the Year
Nine incredible sports cars blend past, present, and future in the chase for our annual crown.THE SUN HAS BECOME STACCATO, a stippled Dopplering twinkle through a fast-forward canopy of trees, accelerated from a single scene into a 24-frame-per-second motion picture by the Porsche 911 Turbo S and the politely muted howl of its 580-hp twin-turbo flat-six.
That fund gets most of its money from the gas tax, which hasn’t been adjusted for inflation since 1993. Nearly 40 percent of major highways don’t generate enough fuel taxes to cover their maintenance costs, according to an analysis earlier this year by the Center for American Progress.
Meanwhile, the price tag for repairs is growing. The longer a pothole or crevice goes unrepaired, the most expensive it is to fix. The costs are hitting consumers as well as the government, although it’s worse in some states than others. The U.S. Department of Transportation released data in July showing just how many roads are in poor or mediocre condition. (Click here to see the 10 states with the worst roads.)
The data describes the condition of the roads and bridges, and also calculates the additional operating costs that motorists face due to lousy infrastructure. Those costs include repairs to damage to vehicles from deteriorating roads and the imposition of additional miles traveled due to congested or unusable roads, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. The total cost to American motorists is a staggering $66 billion a year.
7 Good Reasons to Shop for Car Insurance in 2017 .
Car insurance is meant to provide protection from a large financial burden in the event of a crash, but how do you avoid paying too much for coverage? "Shop around for car insurance" may be an insurance cliché, but it's still the best advice on how to save money on your policy. Car insurance is meant to provide protection from a large financial burden in the event of a crash, but how do you avoid paying too much for coverage? "Shop around for car insurance" may be an insurance cliché, but it's still the best advice on how to save money on your policy. It literally costs nothing to shop and can often result in hundreds of dollars in annual savings.