Cleveland: A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children will have to stand at an intersection wearing a sign warning about idiots. Court records show a Cleveland Municipal Court judge on Monday ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand at an intersection for two days next week. She will have to wear a sign saying: "Only an idiot drives on...
03:36 PM, Nov 09, 2012
London: Third time's the charm? Not for this British woman, who managed to fail her driving theory test for the 105th time. The hapless motorist is believed to be UK's most incompetent candidate to date, according to data supplied by the Driving Standards Agency. The woman's latest unfortunate tilt at the exam took place at Ilford, the result was the same as the previous 104 attempts, The Telegraph reported. No...
01:27 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Mumbai: NRI beautician Nooriya Haveliwala on Thursday was convicted for ramming her car into two people in 2010 and sentence to five years in jail. Haveliwala was also slapped with a fine of Rs 5 lakh. A policeman was among those killed when an inebriated Haveliwala rammed her car on her way back from a party at Malabar Hill in Mumbai. Tests showed that Haveliwala was found to have been...
12:30 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Hyderabad: Though the drive against drunken driving had been initiated almost 10 months ago by the city traffic police, violation of the rule is still a cause of concern. Thousands of cases have been registered so far, yet the police are having a tough time dealing with those who violate the rule. The police find it surprising as a majority of those who violate the drunken driving rule are either...
01:31 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Los Angeles: Actress Lindsay Lohan, who has served jail for her irresponsible driving, feels it's unfair that fellow actress Amanda Bynes has not yet been arrested for her ongoing driving indiscretions. "Why did I get put in jail and a Nickelodeon star has had no punishment so far," Lohan tweeted, making an indirect reference to Bynes. "These are the moments that I appreciate my life experiences, living without regrets and...
05:52 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: In a yet another case of suspected drunk driving in Mumbai, a young actor was killed on Friday night. Eighteen-year-old television actress Neeral Bhardwaj died after a Honda city rammed into an auto rickshaw she was travelling. Neeral has acted in soaps like 'Mata ki Chowki' and 'Shani Dev ki Mahima'. After the police arrested the driver of the car, Purvesh Patkar, his relatives staged a protest at the...
06:29 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: Google today announced the availability of two new features for Google Maps in India - turn-by-turn voice-guided driving directions through Google Maps Navigation (Beta) and live traffic information for several major cities. Now, users in India will be able to access free voice-guided GPS navigation on their Android smartphones and view live traffic information on desktop and mobile devices. Google Maps Navigation is an Internet-connected GPS navigation system...
02:14 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Hyderabad: Police have decided to tighten the drive against drunken driving in Cyberabad following last weeks attempt by a group of youngsters to kidnap a girl from the University of Hyderabad campus. Sources in the department said a directive was issued to further intensify the drive soon after the incident. The police officials, however, pointed out that they had been conducting the drive in Cyberabad limits for some time now...
03:03 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Washington: Banning the use of mobile phones while driving may be ineffective as people who talk on their cell while being behind the wheel might already be unsafe drivers, a new MIT study has claimed. You can take the driver away from the cell phone, but you can't take the risky behaviour away from the driver, the new study from the MIT in Boston concludes. The findings may explain why...
11:07 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Detroit: It's been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to the world and they're still not on the roads. But many auto executives say the industry is on the cusp of welcoming vehicles that make the idea of keeping both hands on the wheel an anachronism. General Motors showed off "dream cars" in the late 1950s like the Firebird...
11:12 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Mumbai: Driving through the city in a daredevil manner seems to be the order of the day, and a vast majority of motorists think nothing of breaking every traffic signal along the way. In a metropolis like Mumbai where nearly 19 lakh vehicles ply on the roads, bus drivers of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) are no strangers to breaking the rules and putting lives at risk. They have...
02:31 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Terming drunken driving as a "menace" to society, the Supreme Court has said that persons driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol should not get away with minor punishment and fine. The apex court said the pedestrians are not safe in cities with late night parties followed by drunken driving becoming a way of life among urban elite. "Drunken driving has become a menace to our society. Everyday...
06:16 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Bangalore: "Jungle mein more nacha, kissi ne na dekha, hum jo thodi si peeke zara jhoome, hai re sab ne dekha!" (When the peacock danced in the jungle, nobody saw, but when I drank and danced a little, everybody saw) The film Madhumatis song aptly captured the capability of a drunk to attract attention through Mohammad Rafis voice and the comic antics of Johnny Walker (not the Scotch). Bangalore traffic...
12:47 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: A 74-year-old man died and two constables were injured after a speeding car hit them at Mumbai's Marine drive on Wednesday morning. The car has been seized and the driver has been booked for rash and negligent driving. The driver is believed to be a 22-year-old student. ...
12:20 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Rains bring water to the parched earth turning nature green and wonderful, banishing the heat of summer and filling our rivers with water to last the year. While at the same time our roads turn to a mucky, slippery, smelly death trap. Both consequences are inevitable and while experiencing the boon is exquisite, living with the bane is possible with preparation and practice. Whether it's two or four wheels that...
11:47 AM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: An NDMC employee, sentenced to five days in jail for driving in an inebriated condition, has been spared imprisonment by a Delhi court on the condition that he would assist police at busy traffic signals for five days. Additional Sessions Judge(ASJ) SC Rajan has asked Rajpal Singh, employed with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to report to the South West Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Traffic) in...
03:30 PM, May 16, 2012
Gurgaon: A Gurgaon court has allowed the police to conduct an identification parade of the main suspect Suraj Sherawat in the BMW hit-and-run case. The 21-year-old, who surrendered on Tuesday, is currently out on bail. The BMW owned by Suraj's father had mowed down a pregnant woman and her driver two weeks ago. Suraj Sehrawat came out of a Gurgaon court hours after dramatically surrendering following intense pressure on police...
10:40 AM, May 16, 2012
London: A 16-year-old British girl thought of hitting the road with a licence within a few months of learning to drive. But little did she think that she was actually destined to get it after 58 years. The 74-year-old Valerie Christie, from Carlisle county, has finally passed her driving test for which she first attempted in 1954, the Daily Mail reported. She was first taught how to drive by her...
03:04 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Mumbai: In a case of drunk driving in Mumbai, the 41-year-old son of former Punjab Police IG Paramjit Singh Sandhu rammed his SUV into a cyclist, injuring him. He then threatened police officials by flaunting his father's name. Police say Paramdeep was in an inebriated state at the time of the accident and was arrested for drunk, rash and negligent driving as well as for assault to deter a public...
11:19 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Over 1,800 people were awarded jail terms for drunken driving in the capital in the past three months, police said on Friday. "1,863 have been awarded jail terms in the past 91 days, 326 lost driving licences, 4,072 have been fined while 2,163 cases are under trial," Satyender Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), said. Despite exhortations to open up many fronts together, he said, they have stuck...
11:41 PM, Apr 06, 2012
