MotorBuzz
Mossad Hacked Traffic Cameras to Track and Kill Khamenei
Iran built one of the most extensive traffic camera networks in the Middle East to watch its own people. Israel hacked it and watched him.
Border Agents Found a Man Sewn Into a Car Seat
The smugglers went to considerable effort. It still did not work.
The Man Teaching Wales How to Drive Was Doing 132 micrograms in the Ditch
A driving instructor was found in a ditch, four times over the limit, on his way to collect his first pupil of the day. Passing drivers filmed him through the window.
An Arkansas Trooper Rammed a Car Doing 10mph Over the Limit. Two Toddlers Were Inside. One Was Having a Medical Emergency.
Charges dropped. Investigation ongoing. The dashcam footage shows the Jeep slowing down, moving to the slow lane, and turning on its hazard lights. The PIT maneuver came anyway.
They Cycled 30,000km Across 29 Countries. New Zealand Was the Worst for Driver Aggression.
A father and son from Norfolk survived the Silk Road, Vietnam's scooter chaos, and the Alps. Seventeen days on New Zealand roads was harder than all of it.
The Most Important Motorcycle in British Racing History Just Came Out of Hiding. After 40 Years.
Barry Sheene's 1977 world championship-winning Suzuki RG500 goes under the hammer in April. No reserve. No second chances. The sister bike is still with the Sheene family. This is the one that is for sale.
How Kiwis Are Fighting Mass AI Surveillance on Their Roads — And Why the Rest of the World Should Be Watching
New Zealand gave a $100 million contract to a private Australian AI company to film its drivers, process the footage through algorithms, and issue fines. Nobody voted on it. Nobody was asked. Now the pushback has started.
PETITION: STOP Acusensus: NO to $100M Private Contracts For AI Speed Cameras, Mass Surveillance, Ai Fines
Kiwis Are Furious. And They Have Every Right To Be.
The Infrastructure Is Already Here. So Are The Cameras.
Google is laying cables. Data centres are going up. AI is being wired into New Zealand's roads right now. This is not a future tin hat concern. It is a present fact.
The Government Paid O2 to Monitor 25 Million Phones to Track EV Drivers. Nobody Asked Permission.
The Department for Transport commissioned O2 to trawl the web browsing habits and movement data of 25 million devices, including children's, to identify electric vehicle owners. The study cost £602,000, ran for two years, and was quietly published this we...
Dieselgate 2: The Biggest Consumer Lawsuit in English Legal History Just Entered Its Final Phase
1.6 million drivers. Five manufacturers. £6 billion potentially at stake. Closing submissions began today in the High Court. A verdict is expected this summer. Here is everything you need to know.
Gen Z Has No Brand Loyalty When It Comes to Buying a Car.
69 percent of Gen Z Americans say they would consider buying a Chinese car. The dealerships selling American, European and Japanese brands say they are not worried. The data suggests they should be.
The War in Iran Is Already Hitting The Pumps. It Could Get Much Worse.
Oil prices have surged up to 13 percent in three days. The Strait of Hormuz has effectively stopped moving. UK drivers face higher pump prices within weeks. American motorists could see 30 cents a gallon added by the end of this week alone.
74 Percent of Americans Cannot Afford a New Car. The Industry Built That Problem Itself.
The average new vehicle in America now costs over $50,000. Three out of four Americans say they cannot afford one. Automakers know this, and most of them kept going anyway.
Ferrari Is Testing a Race Car With Number Plates. That Can Only Mean One Thing.
A camouflaged 296 prototype with an enormous rear wing has been spotted on public roads outside Maranello. Ferrari does not test race cars on the street unless they are becoming road cars.
San Francisco Sold Speed Cameras as Sensible. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
33 cameras. 5 months. 91,000 tickets. Citations in San Francisco jumped 369 percent after automated speed enforcement went live. Whether that is a safety success or a revenue machine depends on who you ask.
