Motoring Archive

Quirky News: Predictions (of sorts) for 2016; Guns on buses; Parking wars; Chipmunk music; Bribery
5 February 2016
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Quirky news A humorous look at motoring and transport subjects from the Overdrive team. In this edition: What we would like to see in 2016 but is unlikely to happen; Open carry of guns allowed on Texas public transport; “Arab Spring” over Victorian parking meters; Bus station plays Alvin and Chipmunks to annoy the homeless;

Looking to the future in motoring and transport
17 August 2015
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Feature Interview. A futurist spoke at a transport conference. A lot of the talk was about the past. But he did make comments about the future. Technology is developing at a frantic rate but the real issue is changing behaviour.

Honda City: Soft ride – big boot
17 October 2014
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The Light Car category is the second smallest in Australia. Only the Micro class are smaller. There is a good range of cars in the category going from the sublime to the ridiculous – Selling well is the Hyundai i20, the Mazda 2 (about to be replaced), Toyota Yaris (still going well with the

Overdrive Program – Ricciardo No1; Gladesville Bridge; Porsche Cop Car
13 October 2014
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that covers issues related to cars and transport. I’m David Brown This program and extended segments of the feature interview, road test and panel discussion are also available on the website at drivenmedia.com.au. In this program we look at news stories from around the world including: Ricciardo

Quirky News – State of Origin, World Cup car ads, Working Monuments
4 July 2014
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And in our panel discussion with Errol Smith and Brian Smith we chat about a range of subjects including: State of origin VW, boxed out of World Cup on TV, finds way to target fans in U.S. Pranksters start up tank on monument (Ukraine – I think every time as a kid I climbed onto

Quirky News – Motoring – Mind Control – Flying Car
24 June 2014
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In our panel discussion with Errol Smith and Brian Smith we chat about a range of subjects including: 1. An attempt at the street luge speed record 2. German scientists successfully test brain-controlled aircraft (What could possibly go wrong?) 3. Jet-Propelled Car to Fly at 880 km/hr 4. Police probe rapping patrol car 5. Fat