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Cell Phone Safety

U.S. House Mulls In-Car Cell Phone Ban

Currently, the United States is a patchwork of laws regarding cell phone use while driving: You can talk here, you can't text there, you must be in park or neutral to use your phone there. If a bill in the U.S. House eventually becomes law, that patchwork will be superseded by a federal standard...

June 24, 2011 by 
 
Google Street View car

Mon Dieu! France Fines Google $142,000 For Street View Privacy Violations

There's no denying that Google Maps is the king of online mapping services. It may have been slightly late to the party, but thanks to social features like sharable maps and... March 22, 2011 by 


 
2011 Jaguar XJ

New Jaguar XJ's dual-view display may be illegal in U.S.

Dual-view displays have been billed as the hottest new technology to hit the automobile since GPS, and though the hype might be overdone, there's a lot of merit to the idea... August 7, 2009 by  8


 
The T-Redspeed camera system

Italian red-light camera maker charged with fraud

Red-light cameras and 'smart' traffic lights have been criticized as nothing more than cash cows for the cities that use them to ensnare unwary drivers. Now an investigation... February 2, 2009 by  1


 
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder exhaust

European Parliament agrees to looser CO2 rules

In September, a committee in the European Parliament proposed easing the carbon dioxide emissions rules previously set to phase in over the next several years, and today the... December 17, 2008 by  4


 
 
 

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