You thought texting while driving is bad? Think again. German police catch a driver running a mobile office in his car.

November 21, 2012 at 2:30 pm

You thought texting while driving was bad? How about running a suite of machines like an office while on the move?  Here is one such case where it blows everything we preach about driver distraction.  Police stopped this above Ford Modeo in Saarland, Germany, for speeding and when they peeped in this is what they saw in the passenger seat – a laptop with docking station, a router and wi-fi antenna tied to a cellular data stick, a printer and a power inverter to keep it all humming.  For what it is worth, the German police  did not issue any citations for the Mondeo driver for any violations . Maybe because he had  his cellphone mounted to the windshield for hands-free use.  yes. That’s right.  He  at least had the sense to leave his cellphone mounted on the dashboard.  (via Motoramic – Yahoo! Autos)

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Rail groups ordered to cut fares for commuters

February 25, 2009 at 11:32 am

(Source: Times Online, UK)

Operators will lose millions from 2010

Rail companies may demand compensation for the change to the terms of their contracts

Rail companies may demand compensation for the change to the terms of their contracts

The Government has rejected pleas from the operators to ignore pricing rules as deflation looms.

Although the decision will be welcomed by commuters, it is likely to result in operators cutting services and jobs and raising prices on other fares. Those operators that are already struggling financially could be forced to surrender their franchises and large chunks of the railway could be nationalised temporarily.

The companies had argued that the formula — which says that fares will rise by 1 per cent above the retail prices index each January — was not designed to cope with deflation. Each stands to lose millions of pounds from January 2010 when commuters renew their season tickets.

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