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'N' driver borrows mom's car, gets pulled over doing 200 km/h | Vancouver SunVancouver Sun

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https://sites.google.com/view/carengine-repair/ An officer in an unmarked police vehicle spotted a 2003 Mazda Protégé going in excess of 200 km/h in a 100 km/h zone at about 2:40 a.m. Article content Note to young drivers: If you’re going to take your mom’s car for a late-night spin, don’t double the speed limit while driving past a police officer, then blow the engine while you’re being pulled over. Advertisement That’s what Abbotsford police dealt with on Highway 1 near Sumas Way early Sunday morning. An officer in an unmarked police vehicle spotted a 2003 Mazda Protégé going in excess of 200 km/h in a 100 km/h zone at about 2:40 a.m. “When asked why he was travelling at this speed, the driver responded he wanted to see how fast the car could go,” said Abbotsford police spokesman Const. Paul Walker in a statement. “Of note, the vehicle he was operating was his mother’s.” The 20-year-old, who was still on a restricted “N” licence, probably didn’t realize that driving at those speeds
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After voter slap, Switzerland tries again with plan to slash emissions | Reuters

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Protestors take part in the Global Climate Strike of the movement Fridays for Future in front of the Bundeshaus, the seat of the Swiss federal parliament at the Bundesplatz square in Bern, Switzerland October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Switzerland laid out new proposals on Friday for a law to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, pushing ahead with a carbon dioxide tax although eschewing controversial measures to impose levies on flights and car fuel. The government had to go back to the drawing board after Swiss voters in June rejected its initial plans. read more The government proposed maintaining its tax on fossil fuels such as oil and gas of 120 Swiss francs ($130) per tonne of carbon dioxide, while providing companies with an out if they commit to reducing emissions to zero eventually. The proposal would limit the amount importers, who will be required to offset some emissions, can pass to customers at the fuel pumps to 5 Swiss cents per litr
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http://volvo2021repair.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/new/What-Is-a-Plug-In-Car.html A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since 10 things in tech you need to know today Hello again. Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of four fraud-related charges, and Mercedes-Benz took the wraps off its latest electric concept car.  Let's get to it. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Insider's app – click here for iOS and here for Android. 1. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of four counts of fraud. After deliberating for seven days, jurors found Holmes guilty of defrauding investors in some cases. Each count carried a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and a requirement to pay restitution.  In other news: 2. Apple was briefly worth more than $3 trillion yesterday. Just 16 mont
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Arrival offers an early look at its first electric car

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This page is for personal, non-commercial use. You may order presentation ready copies to distribute to your colleagues, customers, or clients, by visiting https://www.parsintl.com/publication/autoblog/ Arrival offers an early look at its first electric car Arrival, the Anglo-American startup which is hoping to revolutionize the design and manufacture of electric vehicles, is ready to talk about its first car. The Arrival Car, as it is known, is designed, first and foremost, to be used by rideshare drivers during their working day. Much as the company doesn’t want to call it a taxi, this is more or less what the Arrival Car is, an electric update to the London black cab for cities of the future. But with a number of tweaks that mean it’s smaller and more efficient than current cars, but still has buckets of room inside. The (capital-C) Car has been teased for a while, and back in May, Arrival announced that it had teamed up with Uber to create a “purpose-built vehicle for ride-h
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https://tempeaztreasures.yahoosites.com/ Tow driver advises drivers to exercise caution as winter approaches (Update: Adding video, comments from Consolidated Towing Inc. heavy duty supervisor, Robert Lee) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With slick, icy roads and more cars on the road, the heavy duty supervisor for Consolidated Towing Inc. said he expects to be a lot busier towing vehicles. What Robert Lee did not expect in his nine years of towing, though, is the recent rise in semi-truck rollovers on one stretch of highway in Redmond. What's surprising, Lee said, is the number of semi-trucks that have rolled over or crashed on a curve on northbound Highway 97 near milepost 119. He said he knows of five semi-trucks that have crashed there just within the last month, and two only days apart. On Dec. 1, a semi- truck carrying cartons of oranges rolled over. Three days later, another semi with an empty trailer rolled in the exact same spot. Earlier in the year, Lee said, a steel truck full of m
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Alberta towing company owner renews call for blue lights after driver's close call on Highway 16 | CBC News

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https://tempeaztreasures.yahoosites.com/ After a collision sent one of his tow truck operators to hospital on Thursday, a towing company owner west of Edmonton is renewing a call for blue and amber lights to be allowed on roadside assistance vehicles in Alberta. Gregg Wilson owns APL Towing & Recovery, based in Spruce Grove and Stony Plain.  He said one of his employees was on Highway 16, near Range Road 22, to recover a vehicle from a median and had pulled onto the shoulder with his lights on to wait for a blocker unit to arrive. While he was waiting, another driver drove into his vehicle. The tow truck driver was sent to hospital and is now home, expected to make a full recovery. Both vehicles were badly damaged. Stories like this are all too common, Wilson told CBC News Friday morning. Just last week, there was a less serious but similar incident with another driver for the company. "We don't go a day without an incident or a close call," he said. Wilson said blue
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