Have you ever sat in traffic and thought, "I wish I could drive over all these cars!” Well, if you take the bus, those dreams may be realized sooner rather than later. A transit company in China has designed what they are calling a Straddle Bus. The bus is two lanes wide and allows other vehicles on the road to pass under it. The bus also runs on a rail system allowing it to continue to its destination even during parking lot traffic. They hope to test the new bus system at the end of July or early August.
Fast food isn’t the healthiest for you, but it certainly can be convenient. Whether you’re on the road and need a quick bite, want to pick up some food and stay in your car, or you want to sweat it out in the sauna for a few, all of those are achievable at Burger King. That’s right, a Burger King in Helsinki, Finland has opened that includes a spa! You can even have food ordered to the sauna directly. Now you can sweat out some lbs. while you wait for your flame-broiled burger. They also have a media room as part of the spa with TV and a PlayStation 4.
We love electric and hybrid vehicles. They have great fuel economy, are excellent for the environment, and up until now have mostly been cars and SUVs. The Nikola One plans to change that. Nikola Motor Company has announced a $375,000 electric semi truck named Nikola One. 2,000 horsepower, 3,700 ft. lbs. torque and it has a 1,200 mile range on a single charge. All this sounds sweet enough, but the driver also enjoys 30% more cabin space thanks to the lack of a traditional engine. Moving forward with electric cars goes a long way in helping the environment. Moving away from traditional engine semi trucks will surely be a great help as well.
Over the past decade few things have spiraled uncontrollably into all facets of pop culture quite as quickly or abruptly as the "selfie" has. It's been added to the dictionary, demonstrated on the red carpet and now it's even caused the demise of a 126-year-old Portuguese statue. A man climbed onto the statue's pedestal to take a selfie and rather than resulting in a duck-faced profile pic, it ended with the statue of Portuguese King, Dom Sebastiao, shattered on the ground. Authorities were able to arrest the culprit after he tried to flee the scene. He may not have gotten his selfie, but authorities helped him to a nice mug shot.
A text message, FaceTime, blog post, video, any number of things will keep your head buried in your phone. We don’t even think about it as we do it. The truth of the matter is that not paying attention to where you are going can have serious consequences. Besides potentially bumping into others, you run the risk of stepping out into traffic. A city in Germany has started a program to try and aid the ever looking down. The town has installed a row of LEDs in the sidewalk that will flash red when it’s not safe to cross the road. Hopefully allowing those with their heads down to still be alerted to potential danger.
