Toyota Prius sales pass Ford Explorer
The icon of Americas SUV passion falls victim to stubbornly high gas prices and an increasingly stringent regulatory climate.
Toyota Prius sales pass Ford Explorer
Car vs. Telephone Wires in Texas
On June 13, 2004, at approximately 8:30 AM, Community Volunteer Fire Department’s Engine 2 and Ambulance 2 were dispatched to the intersection of Alief-Clodine Road and Metro Boulevard in Southwest Harris County, Texas for the report of a car versus telephone pole.
Upon arrival, the engine company found a vehicle still running, hanging on the telephone wires by its right front tire.
Witnesses reported that the car had been traveling westbound on Alief-Clodine when the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed the median, and made contact with the guide wire from the ground to the telephone pole, propelling the vehicle upward onto the wires.
Witnesses also reported that the driver jumped down from the vehicle and ran to catch a bus prior to the arrival of Engine 2 and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department.
The vehicle ran for over an hour until the oil had completely drained from the motor and it seized.
Several wreckers and a Southwestern Bell crew removed the vehicle from its perch.
http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=45&id=32289
Gas guzzlers get new lives — as tire-smoking hybrids
Link: Gas guzzlers get new lives — as tire-smoking hybrids – CNN.com
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Court Rejects Fuel Standards on Trucks – New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 — A federal appeals court here rejected the Bush administration’s year-old fuel-economy standards for light trucks and sport utility vehicles on Thursday, saying that they were not tough enough because regulators had failed to thoroughly assess the economic impact of tailpipe emissions that contribute to climate change.
Link: Court Rejects Fuel Standards on Trucks – New York Times
