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World’s most dangerous and haunted roads

January 27, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This infographic has been put together by a loan company and shows an impressive collection of dangerous roads. North Yungas Road sounds horrible, just 3 metres wide and with between 100 to 300 deaths every year. Would you risk it?

We can only speculate that the loan company was suggesting that driving was a dangerous business so maybe you’ll need the cash for repairs or car insurance? Let’s hope it wasn’t a hint to those poor souls stuck in the debt trap!

The infographic also looks at haunted roads and has the Tuen Mun Road in Hong Kong in first place. It’s another dangerous road with many blind spots and the locals believe that victims of crashes on the road come back as ghosts, haunt the roadside… and cause even more crashes.

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Is there a dangerous or haunted road near where you live? Let us know in the comments below.

This TV ad for tires will give you a fright!

December 2, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Ready for a fright? Sit back, hold on tight and watch… this Japanese ad for tires.

Whether it’s car insurance, sites that compare car insurance, broken windscreens, tire repair or the dreaded M.O.T. this is big business in the UK and across the world. That’s why you get so many annoying TV ads. They don’t mind that they’re annoying you. They just demand that you remember them.

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Will you remember this ad from Autoway? What did you think? Good or too spooky?

11 picutres of nature claiming cars

February 26, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Peter Lippmann is a very good photographer. If you’re lucky enough to be able to afford the services of a professional photographer then take note that he accepts commissions.

In a series called Paradise Parking he has carefully searched through woods and forests to find those rare sites where nature is reclaiming the space wastefully held by abandoned cars.

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What do you make of the photographs? Stunning or are they all just repeats a single good idea?

The twilight zone of Wolverhampton messes with cars

November 2, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Drivers in Penn, a suburb in Wolverhampton now have to be extra careful that they’ve successfully locked their car before leaving it alone. Residents claim that their key fobs, remote locks for their cars, are misfiring and failing. Some speculate whether car thieves have smuggled a jamming device into the area.

Residents have said that the very same key fobs work perfectly once they’re taken out of the area. Locals Darren Cowan and Kay Sedgwick both confirmed to the Express and Star, the local paper, that their own cars and key fobs have had problems.

However, Conerstone – a health and science specialist – who manage the phone masts for companies like Vodafone and O2 has said it is unlikely to be these transmitters blocking the key fobs.

All Vodafone base stations are compliant to the European Commission regulations on electrical interference.

Others have suggested that a faulty TV sender or even faulty alarm system that operate on wireless signals may be able to block key jobs.

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Do you live in the area? Can you confirm the strange behaviour of key fobs?

Picture credit: Kendrak.

The sandy mountains of madness

July 8, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This is a remarkable video.

Sit back and watch as the car approaches a rather dark and spooky cloud. I think you’ll quickly see that that is no cloud. It’s a mountain of madness and our driver is heading straight for it.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be behind the wheel?