Emergency crews responded to a crash on US-395 Southbound near Stead Boulevard on Thursday morning at around 10:40 a.m. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, a white Nissan Rogue was traveling south in the number one lane when it swerved into the median for unknown reasons. The car hit a mile marker post and then…
Calls are mounting for mainland Chinese drivers to be required to sit tests in Hong Kong to get their driving qualifications recognised in the city, with official figures recording a sharp rise in applications for local licences in recent years. Data prepared by the Transport Department for legislators showed that the number of direct issue…
Calls are mounting for mainland Chinese drivers to be required to sit tests in Hong Kong to get their driving qualifications recognised in the city, with official figures recording a sharp rise in applications for local licences in recent years. Data prepared by the Transport Department for legislators showed that the number of direct issue…
The Hong Kong government plans to raise the fixed HK$320 (US$41) penalty for illegal parking to HK$400, while fines for speeding and other more severe traffic offences will increase by about 50 per cent, the Post has learned. A source said on Wednesday that the fee review, part of a bigger strategy announced earlier to…
Hong Kong police will launch a citywide crackdown on traffic offences by both drivers and pedestrians, with the enforcement to include officers filming from a height, as the number of fatal road accidents climbed by 40 per cent in the first quarter of the year. Superintendent Lai Siu-wai of the traffic branch headquarters said on…
I get distracted from the road when the Archers theme comes on – why are car makers forcing this tech on us? I bought a new car last year. It is basically the same as my old car, just an updated model. I was expecting it to have some improved functions – after all, a…
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AAA has integrated its roadside service with two popular navigation apps, Waze and Google Maps, to alert drivers when they’re approaching an auto club tow truck. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The goal is to warn those using the navigation apps to slow…
A seafood vendor in eastern China has garnered widespread praise on mainland social media for draining the water from tanks of live marine products he was transporting to extinguish a car fire. As a result of his actions, he suffered a total loss of the seafood he intended to sell. The incident occurred on an…
The death of a mainland Chinese cyclist in a Hong Kong traffic accident has prompted calls for authorities to step up road safety publicity as bike tours become more popular among visitors, with various routes promoted on a major social media platform. More mainland tourists have been opting for bike tours in Hong Kong in…