7 month ago
nelson : Dash GPS - GPS that shares your speed data with other users, building a bottom up understanding of traffic flow
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Rod Begbie : Commuter Feed - Crowdsourced traffic reports, via Twitter. Of course, there'll need to be another site tracking all the accidents caused by folks texting accidents to this site while driving... [via] #
factoryjoe : Commuter Feed: Latest Incidents - Commuter Feed is a free service that lets you see reports on traffic and mass transit incidents in your local area using Twitter. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: None assigned
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18 month ago
nelson : No parking amnesty - Sarkozy breaks with tradition and does not dismiss all minor traffic tickets
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21 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : gas mileage hackers - (via boingboing) [via]
philgyford : This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk - People who compete to get the best mileage out of cars by turning engines off, not braking, and more complicated techniques. (via Kottke)
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22 month ago
deusx : YouTube - Humvee Traffic Driving in Baghdad - I understand why they drive this way, but man... wouldn't it piss you off if someone were doing this in your streets? "Watch and see how the American soldiers have to drive through Iraqi streets to limit risks of attacks."
Nelson Minar : Driving in Baghdad - Arrogance or essential safety, either way it's interesting.
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24 month ago
deusx : Peter Miller - Magnetic Yellow Card - "This magnet was tossed onto your car by a cyclist who felt that you might have been driving in a way that could have endangered their life."
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24 month ago
jkottke : Physiologically, humans aren't meant to drive fast in cars because our flicker fusion frequency isn't high enough - Physiologically, humans aren't meant to drive fast in cars because our flicker fusion frequency isn't high enough. Compared to birds (> 100 Hz versus 60 Hz for humans), at high speeds, everything kinda blurs together for us, leaving us ill-equipped to
deusx : The Flicker Fusion Factor - "When we get behind the wheel of a car, we may think we gain a bird's power of flight, but actually we are poor, pathetic imitators of birds."
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29 month ago
merlinmann : Applied Cognition Laboratory (U of Utah) - "The long-term objective or our research is to understand the impact of using advanced in-car technologies on driving performance and traffic safety."
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36 month ago
kellan : Driving = Death - I wonder if Y! employees will revolt en masse? (certainly would make working their more appealing) #
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38 month ago
deusx : How to Hack Stop and Go Traffic in your Favor - "if you're in stop and go traffic, ...relax and hang back..., you increase the gap to two or three and try to maintain that."
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