An article on South Sudan’s bike ambulances paints a very different picture of motorcycles than usually found in hospitals. There are certainly more comfortable ways to go to hospital than a motorbike with a sidecar bed attached to its side. But the launch of these ambulance motorbikes in South Sudan is a serious attempt to … Continue reading Ambulance Motorbikes
Ski bikes! The spooky thing about this video is that I recognize the bike and the terrain. I have a feeling I was riding a snowboard just behind the bike in the first sequence: Full suspension has arrived. Just like mountain bikes the suspension on snow should give far more control and safety compared with … Continue reading Ski Bikes
The BBC reports that a bike, worth about $50, is seen as more desireable to militia members than their gun: A scheme under which gunmen in the Democratic Republic of Congo are given bicycles in exchange for their weapons is being extended due to its success. Ngoy Mulunda, a pastor in the south-eastern Katanga region, … Continue reading Bikes for guns
Police have reported two motorcycles just suddenly crashed into the back of a Tesla. Police said the two motorcycles collided into the rear of a Tesla driving southbound on NW Broad Street around 5 p.m. According to police, one of the motorcycles caught fire after the wreck. Imagine the kind of software design flaw that … Continue reading TN Tesla Phantom Braking Crashes Two Motorcycles, Killing One