Manual assists and automatic responses from the automotive world
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A Wellington tourism boss says a video showing frightening landings at Wellington Airport could attract visitors to the capital. British newspaper The Telegraph compiled a list of the world's scariest airports to take off and land at, with Wellington among the worst.
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Those are the words from a Te Anau tractor driver, who drove his flaming machine into the lake. Lex Lawrence, who cuts lawns to tidy up the town, said the warm
and dry weather conditions had caused the long grass on the new housing estate, The Delta, to catch fire.
While trying to beat the grass fire out, he turned to find his tractor was also on fire.
Driving it in to a depth of the top of the back tyres, he realised
he could have lost his tractor. But with mainly melted cables, it was nothing money could not fix, he said.
Source: Fairfax NZ News
Car cover Japanese car company Nissan has developed an
iPhone case that can automatically repair scratches. The smartphone cover, known as the Nissan Scratch
Shield iPhone case, uses a world-first paint technology where scratches mend without any human input.
Source: Fairfax NZ News
Less owning, more using Global accounting giant KPMG has released their annual
survey of motor industry insiders, summarising their findings as, "The world is moving from car ownership to car usership", a perhaps not surprising assessment given the general trend to mass public transport, city dwelling, and the rollout of personal public transport as used at major airports.
Source: www.motorward.com HER MAGAZINE | February/March 2012 | 63
2011 Top 10 Driver Distractions 1. Texting on a mobile phone 2. Talking on a mobile phone without a hands-free kit 3. Children in the car 4. Using the GPS or navigation systems 5. Changing the radio/iPod/MP3 player 6. Talking on a mobile phone with a hands-free kit 7. Passengers 8. Eating while driving 9. People outside the vehicle 10. Billboards/outdoor advertising Source: Fairfax NZ News
