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Sir K.S. Digvijaysinhji (1895–1966), the Maharajah of Nawanagar, with his daughter Princess Harshad Kunverba in a Rytecraft Special midget car on the Maharajah's estate near Dorking, Surrey, 22nd June 1937. The Maharajah has bought the car for his daughter for use on the estate when she is out with her nurse.



Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/321577158048111/?fref=nf

The guy in the upside down car got out allright, No one seemed badly injured, the car rolled over sideways once, probably from going up on the center divider







From what I can figure, someone had just tried to go from the slow to the fast lanes, and found that traffic was changing velocity unexpectedly, and hit the back of this truck, then the updide down car struck the center divider and rolled over, luckily it wasn't struck from behind

Known to many as the "Super Bowl of Safety," these annual competitions inspire tens of thousands of drivers to operate accident-free for the right to compete, because they must be accident-free for at least one year prior to the competition, and maintain continuous employment with a motor carrier fleet for a continuous period of at least one year.



http://www.trucking.org/Driving_Championships.aspx

Methhead Martin Ihlanfeldt, was arrested at the November traffic stop after a deputy noticed the trailer he was pulling behind his truck did not have a license plate tag or lights.



Officials say the deputy requested a K9 unit to drug sniff the vehicle and drugs were detected by the dog.



When the trailer and truck were searched, officials say they discovered 4 stolen motorcycles, a handgun, ammunition, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia. The trailer was also reported stolen.



Authorities got a search warrant for a storage unit maintained by the suspect. There, officers say they found 4 more stolen motorcycles.



http://www.wtxl.com/news/stolen-motorcycles-recovered-from-one-suspect-after-traffic-stop/article_d61f02b4-990a-11e5-9580-57cc23ab5ffa.html?utm_medium=social

On Thursday the House approved a five-year, $305 billion bill that will lower dividends from the Federal Reserve to finance highway and transit improvements. As much as $9 billion in Wall Street subsidies will be cut over a 10-year period, according to The Intercept. The bill marks the first time in 100 years the banks have lost a portion of these subsidies.



http://usuncut.com/politics/house-cuts-wall-street-subsidies-fund-new-roads/



http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/10/looks-like-good-news-might-be-coming.html

2011 Mazda Miata pedals. Photo courtesy of Mazda North America.

From the time I was old enough to push a Matchbox car across the rutted concrete retaining wall that held our backyard in check, I knew this: I wanted to learn to drive. By age 16, having mastered tricycles, bicycles, minibikes and even two-stroke motorcycles, I was ready to advance to automobiles. First came cars with an automatic transmission and later, at my urging, my father patiently taught me the first steps of the three-pedal shuffle in our four-speed 1967 VW Beetle.

Though I never became fast enough to make a living (or even support a hobby) racing cars, I practiced technique as often as I could, on road and track. While still no Zen master of the five speed, I could rev-match on the downshift with the best of them, even if my heel-toe skills lacked polish and precision. Over the years I taught several friends to drive a manual transmission, but one sticks out in my mind.

Jen was as much of a car person as anyone I’d ever met, and she had a passion for driving that mirrored my own. While she’d tried to master a clutch in the past, all previous instructors had eventually thrown in the towel, leading her to believe that she was incapable of learning to row her own gears. Never one to shy away from a challenge, I offered up my time and my Mazda Miata for the cause.

Even on the flat and straight roads of Jacksonville, Florida, the first lesson went as one would expect. There were repeated stalls, punctuated by the occasional squealing of tires, followed by muttered apologies. I passed along as much encouragement as possible (praise – correct – praise) and remained patient, remembering back to my own first lessons in the Volkswagen. It didn’t take long for me to realize that she’d never learned the concept of the friction point, and once I explained this, the lessons progressed at a quicker and smoother pace.

Two Saturday mornings was all it took, and by the end of our second session she’d proven not only capable of driving a manual transmission car, but rather adept at it. Her past failures were not ability related, but rather patience related on the part of her instructors. Today, she drives a six-speed Mazdaspeed3, and if her family budget allowed, would probably be autocrossing it (proficiently, I may add) as well.

A key part of this hobby is passing on knowledge, which often requires both patience and practice. What are your stories of paying it forward? What skills, mechanical or otherwise, have you been able to pass along to someone else?

via Raymond Arsenault on Life and Business http://raymondarsenault.blogspot.com/2015/12/open-diff-paying-it-forward.html

How To Wallpaper A Dumpster from christine finley on Vimeo.



http://wallpapereddumpsters.blogspot.com/ via http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/meet-the-artist-who-wallpapers-dumpsters-in-rome.html

above image from http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/unusual-car-1951-kaiser-traveler-2.html







Bottom image from http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/12/04/dont-forget-your-free-space-for-over-50-years-auto-bingo-has-been-helping-the-miles-slip-by/

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/while-with-newborn-in-nicu-parents-car-was-stolen/

Surf’s up! Or maybe not, given the snow clinging to the roofs of the cars in this photo of Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive that we came across on ElectroSpark’s Flickrstream. Well, that, and the ominous skies out on the horizon. Looks like these folks were in for another round of the white stuff before too long. In the meantime, the anonymous photographer caught them waiting for the light at the base of Navy Pier, making the perfect carspotting opportunity. What do you see here?

via Raymond Arsenault on Life and Business http://raymondarsenault.blogspot.com/2015/12/chicago-1959.html