#motorvehicles — Public Fediverse posts

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Motorised bikes
First they put e-bikes on the market, then it is a long wait for regulation of illegal high-powered 'motorbikes' on shared pathways and beaches.

There has been "...alleged antisocial and criminal behaviour involving a group of youths riding e-bikes in the Moonee and North Sapphire Beach areas."

"The claims echo concerns being raised in communities right across the state. For many locals, the issue isn’t just legality. It’s safety on shared pathways residents once felt confident using every day." >>
https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/technology-outpaces-the-law-on-e-bikes
#pedestrians #motorists #Ebike #safety #regulation #beaches #MooneeBeach #NorthSapphireBeach #Sawtell #CoffsHarbour #NSW #MotorVehicles #MobilityDesign #ActiveTansportInfrastructure
#MidNorthCoast #SapphireBeach #NorthSapphireBeachPlayground #parenting #AntisocialBehaviour #DissocialBehaviours #crime

Rising exports lower US goods trade deficit in April

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit in goods contracted more than expected…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Economy #Artificialintelligence #Business #capitalgoods #CensusBureau #CommerceDepartment #ConsumerGoods #HighFrequencyEconomics #iran #motorvehicles #PetroleumExports #TradeDeficit #U.S.SupremeCourt
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/673708/

New words in my repertoire:

Kill car,
Hit Car,
Getaway Car,
Burner Car,
Hit and Run car,
Vehicular Manslaughter

Some in the underworld, some in the upper world.

"Kill cars" are vehicles that have been stolen, sometimes months in advance, have cloned plates and contain a kit to commit and get away with murder." >
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/sydney-underworld-kill-cars-used-in-organised-crime/105867242

#cars #words #KillCar #MotorVehicles #motorists #GetAwayWithMurder #roads

Image: 'Door to the Underworld', Bellingen. Also doubles up as a bicycle or pedestrian trap

Has anyone noticed that central locking offers a minor convenience we could easily do without, at the cost of massive headaches when it inevitably starts going wrong?

It's so hard to fix properly, so it works reliably across all doors. How did it ever become so ubiquitous? Did nobody notice the problems when it was introduced into high end vehicles?

#MotorVehicles #CentralLocking

Early cars were naturally based on horse-drawn vehicles, but this design takes that philosophy further than most. The horses are here replaced by a 4-wheel tractor unit.
This remarkable vehicle has now been identified as the landau of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, drawn by a Heilmann electric tractor circa 1898.

Source: Stelios Kessanidis #motorvehicles #cars #automotivehistory #Russia

Children aged 0-4 years are less likely to be injured in a motor vehicle crash if they are restrained in a rear-as opposed to forward-facing car seat.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36918272/

#Child #Children #Safety #ChildHealth #MedMastodon #Traffic #TrafficAccidents #Auto #MotorVehicles @medmastodon

'Tesla's stock prices plummeted by over 17 percent, causing the company's market capitalization to decrease by $138 billion in just over two trading days.'

'Tesla's Q3 earnings disappoint, causing Elon Musk's $28 billion loss. The industry faces growing pains as EV adoption challenges profitability.'

https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/elon-musks-28b-loss-teslas-q3

#EV #ElectricVehicles #Tesla #cars #MotorVehicles #motoring

THIS TASMANIA…
Old truck. Oatlands, Tasmania.

#tasmania #oatlands #trucks #motorvehicles

From Car To Device: How Software is Changing Vehicle Ownership - For much of the last century, the ownership, loving care, and maintenance of an ag... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/02/from-car-to-device-how-software-is-changing-vehicle-ownership/ #transportationhacks #motorvehicles #righttorepair #complexity #software #cars