Posts Tagged ‘drivers’

Australian Truck Drivers Plan to ‘Block Every Highway’ in COVID-19 Protest

Australian truck drivers plan to block the highways in protest of COVID-19 vaccines and how the governments have handled their COVID-19 responses. According to social media posts, the protests are planned for Aug. 31 across the country, separate to the upcoming Transport Worker Union (TWU) backed protest over a pay dispute. “Block every hwy [highway] […]

‘Out of gas:’ Multiple U.S. states declare emergency, drivers in the U.S. Southeast are scrambling for fuel

Gas (fuel) outages are spreading across the U.S. Southeast as motorists rush to fill up their cars days after the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline temporarily shut down following a cyberattack. Gas stations in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee were seeing some panic buying, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. Virginia and […]

Drivers Forced To Drive Around Extinction Rebellion Protesters

Above photo: Extinction Rebellion Swansea. The 30 minute protest, took place across three locations in Swansea on Saturday. Swansea, Wales – Extinction Rebellion protesters across Swansea stopped traffic across the city after staging a sit down protest on busy roads. The 30 minute protest, took place on Swansea’s High Street, Gower Road in Upper Killay […]

Dystopia Prime: Amazon Subjects Its Drivers to Biometric Surveillance

Some high-tech surveillance is so dangerous to privacy that companies must never deploy it against a person without their voluntary opt-in consent. It comes as little surprise that Amazon, the company that brought you Ring doorbell cameras and Rekognition face surveillance, has a tenuous understanding of both privacy and consent. Earlier this week, Motherboard revealed the company’s cruel “take it or leave” demand to its 75,000 delivery drivers: submit to biometric surveillance or lose your job. Amazon’s “Privacy Policy for Vehicle Camera Technology” states it may collect “face […]

Drivers To Be Given Real-Time “Risk Scores” Using Embedded Telematic Surveillance Sensors

credit: I Scoop Gone are the days when insurance companies used race, sex and a person’s age to determine their auto insurance premiums. A new whitepaper by Cognizant, titled “The New Auto Insurance Ecosystem: Telematics, Mobility and the Connected Car” reveals the real reasons why auto manufacturers are installing machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, or telematics in new cars.  “Nowhere is […]

Joe Biden Expected to Roll Back Deportations for Illegal Alien Drunk Drivers, Assailants

President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to roll back deportations starting this week for illegal aliens who have been convicted of drunk driving, simple assault, and a number of drug crimes. Internal communications reviewed by the Washington Post, and nearly confirmed by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, details how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

Amazon Caught Red Handed Stealing From Delivery Drivers-Ordered to Reimburse Them By FTC

012February 2, 2021 AP Photo/Elaine Thompson (Associated Press) Amazon is paying nearly $62 million to settle charges that it took tips from its delivery drivers. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that for more than two years, Amazon didn’t pass on tips to drivers, even though it promised shoppers and drivers it would do so. […]

Spain ‘to make it illegal’ for drivers not to slow down when overtaking cyclists

Spain is reportedly planning to introduce a new law that will make it illegal for drivers not to slow down when overtaking cyclists. Current safety laws in the country already require motorists to leave a gap of 1.5 metres when trying to pass bikers on the road, even if this means crossing the unbroken white […]

Israeli race drivers traveled to Saudi Arabia to compete in Dakar Rally

Israeli drivers traveled to Saudi Arabia to take part in this week’s Dakar Rally, despite a ban on Israeli travelers to the kingdom. Two of the drivers, Danny Pearl and Charly Gotlib, were listed as representing Belgium and didn’t wear any identifying Israeli symbols. However, some members of their team entered the country on their […]

Stranded truck drivers scuffle with police at UK’s Dover Port

Scuffles broke out at the UK’s Dover Port on Wednesday when police attempted to make space for health workers to arrive as efforts to clear a backlog of stranded drivers continued. A police escort led in a group of cars carrying National Health Service test and trace workers and people were instructed to return to […]

‘Smart’ Cars Anyone? Tesla app outage LOCKS drivers Out of Cars

    A worldwide outage has hit Tesla’s app and website, leaving many drivers locked out of their own vehicles. Helpless customers vented their anger online while the system was down for several hours. Well you get what you deserve retards. Nobody should exchange a real physical lock for a virtual app. What’s next? Your […]

School Bus Drivers: ‘No Reopening Without Safety First!’

School Bus Drivers: ‘No Reopening Without Safety First!’ Above photo: Left to right, USW Local 8751 Chief Steward Frantz Cadet, Trustee Fred Floreal, and President Andre François at May 14 action in conjunction with Haitian Flag Day. The union protested recent unjust firings of their members and demanded enforcement of Local 8751’s COVID-19 Emergency Standard Operating […]

Colorado Set To Become First In U.S. To Use “Smart Pavement” To Monitor Drivers In Real-Time

May 31, 2018 By Kevin Samson Most people who are at least aware of The Internet of Things are inclined to believe that it is purely about connecting smart gadgets and appliances to a localized home network. However, The Internet of Things itself is just one component of a much larger […]

Aspiring female Saudi learner drivers priced out of the market with costs 1000 times higher than for males

     Saudi women are up in arms over the cost of driving lessons – a financial hurdle that many believe could stop females from taking to the roads for the first time ever when historic legislation passes. Women were banned from the roads in Saudi Arabia up until September last year, when a royal decree […]

Hundreds Of Bus Drivers Stage Massive Sick-Out

Hundreds Of Bus Drivers Stage Massive Sick-Out Above photo: Fired school bus driver Melanie Douglas spoke at a demonstration. (Credit: Anna Simonton/Scalawag) Georgia – Robbie Brown loved her students. For 18 years, she drove them in her yellow bus to and from schools in DeKalb County, Georgia. And then, last Friday, two police officers showed up […]

13 Truck Drivers Take Unified Action To Help Prevent Suicide

Next Story Just after midnight on April 24th, police in the Oak Park area of Michigan became aware of an unidentified man teetering on the edge of a bridge that spanned the I-696 Freeway. Among the precautionary measures taken by the police is one that may surprise you: a distress call put out to drivers of […]

Uber backlash: Brussels taxi drivers bring EU capital to its knees (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

The private sector is encroaching on what the city’s taxi drivers argue is a public utility. The CSC Trade Union, representing approximately 1,000 drivers, said Brussels Mobility Minister Pascal Smet was “not listening” to workers’ demands, adding that it “will take tough action,”The Bulletin reports. The protests began at 5am local time and consist of […]

Data from connected cars will be exploited, monetized by car companies; most drivers have absolutely no idea it has already begun

(Natural News) Lots of cars now come standard with built-in cellular networking technology. Whether a car is autonomous or not is completely irrelevant. Car companies have been selling so-called smart cars for many years now. But just like regular cellphones, which also connect to cellular networks, these cars tend to store personally […]

Uber and Lyft Drivers’ Median Hourly Wage Is Just $3.37 (Update: Author Admits Flaws)

Uber and Lyft Drivers’ Median Hourly Wage Is Just $3.37 (Update: Author Admits Flaws) March 5th, 2018 Update: Uber, Lyft Drivers Might Make More than $3.73/Hour, MIT Paper Author Says Via: USA Today: After a working paper published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]

Uber and Lyft Drivers’ Median Hourly Wage Is Just $3.37

Uber and Lyft Drivers’ Median Hourly Wage Is Just $3.37 March 5th, 2018 Via: Guardian: Uber and Lyft drivers in the US make a median profit of $3.37 per hour before taxes, according to a new report that suggests a majority of ride-share workers […]

5 Big Drivers of Higher Inflation Rates Ahead

February 21, 2018 By Stefan Gleason Investors got lulled into a state of inflation complacency. Persistently low official inflation rates in recent years depressed bond yields along with risk premiums on all financial assets. That’s changing in 2018. Five drivers of higher inflation rates are now starting to kick in. Inflation […]

Trump Administration to Test Biometric Program to Scan Faces of Drivers and Passengers in Vehicles

February 5, 2018 By Derrick Broze The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is preparing to launch a pilot program to scan the faces of drivers and passengers at Anzalduas Port near McAllen, Texas. On Thursday the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced plans for a new pilot program that will test […]

The Washington Post makes excuses for drunk drivers… but only if they’re illegal aliens

(Natural News) Once again the so-called “mainstream” media is showing its true colors by lining up with lawbreakers and hooligans over the law-abiding citizenry. This time it’s a regular offender, The Washington Post, which has decided that drunk driving is fine and dandy so long as it’s an illegal alien who’s doing the drinking and […]

Amazon UK Drivers Reportedly Forced To Urinate In Bottles To Hit 200 Packages A Day Quota

Amazon delivery drivers in the UK are asked to deliver up to 200 packages a day while earning less than minimum wage for agencies contracted by Amazon. The drivers reportedly have to keep schedules so tight they are forced to skip rest breaks and urinate in bottles, according to an investigation by UK’s […]

Michigan Police To Begin Testing Drivers’ Saliva For Drugs

In an effort to better test drivers suspected of operating a vehicle under the influence of illicit substances, police from 12 Michigan agencies will experiment using handheld devices that will test drivers’ saliva for the use of several drugs. The Michigan State Police will begin a one-year pilot program for roadside drug testing starting on […]

Kentucky Republican Files Bill to Protect Drivers Who Accidentally Hit Protesters

A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has filed legislation that would shield drivers from criminal and civil penalties if they unintentionally run over protesters who are blocking the street without a permit. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports state Rep. Wesley Morgan filed the bill on Friday. The bill would make it punishable by up to a year […]

Germany bans face coverings for drivers amid claims of anti-Muslim discrimination

“The rule of law requires that only drivers can be held accountable. That presumes that they can be identified,” the German Transport Ministry said, as cited by Deutsche Welle. The new rules, which were approved on Friday, apply to any facial covering such as masks and hoods which might impair driver vision. Anyone caught partially […]

Israeli boys, 14 and 16, arrested for assaulting Palestinian bus drivers inside Jews-only settlement

Violence / Detentions — West Bank / Jerusalem / Israel Settler teens arrested for assaulting Arab bus drivers Times of Israel 17 Aug by Jacob Magid with Stuart Winer — Right-wing legal aid group representing the pair says sting operation that led to their arrest was a ‘provocation’ — Police on Wednesday arrested a pair […]

Republican Anti-Protest Bills Protect Drivers That Run Over Protesters

A number of state legislatures have considered bills that shield drivers from liability if they run over protesters, who are “obstructing” traffic. These anti-protest bills from Republican lawmakers reflect a political climate in which far-right activists increasingly find it permissible to mow down Black Lives Matter protesters and other anti-racist demonstrators. James Fields, a 20-year-old […]

Drivers Arrested for Being Stoned While Stone Cold Sober

Drunk driving arrests are down sharply after decades of aggressive enforcement by officers, while drugged driving arrests are climbing. In Georgia there are now more than 250 officers with special ‘drug recognition expert’ training. But WHAS11’s partner station WXIA’s Chief Investigator Brendan Keefe discovered some drivers are getting arrested […]

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