Number one - the diesel...
Number one - the diesel engine is dead. Thanks to high fuel costs, tough-to-meet emissions targets and growing competition for scarce fossil fuel resources, the engine once championed for its efficiency and cost-effectiveness is finished. Number two: you are what you eat. And in the case of the oil-burning powerplant, which chomps through a by-product of long-since-extinct dinosaurs… Well, you get the drift.
Drivers could soon be...
Drivers could soon be seeing red if they attempt to go the wrong way up a one-way street.
German electronics expert Siemens VDO has developed a minicam which sits behind the rear view mirror and can spot no entry signs. When it recognises the familiar red and white symbol, a corresponding image is
displayed on the dash and a warning sound triggered.
The set-up could also be incorporated into advanced head-up display systems to make an even greater impact. The one way street warning
technology is being developed by Siemens VDO as part of a package of driver aids aimed at revolutionising car safety.