Posts Tagged ‘pedestrians’

Our Government Cares for General Motors, Ford, not  our Pedestrians

 Many parts of the world observed today, September 22, as the international  car-free day, a day for freedom and safety for pedestrians. The United Nations  has supported   priority for pedestrians. But the Indian government  is  busy encouraging cars, it has just announced  a productivity  linked  incentive (PLI) scheme to  subsidise  the industry to the tune […]

4 dead, including baby, as car rams pedestrians in German town

BERLIN – Four people including a nine-month-old baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car plowed into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate act. Witnesses said people screamed in panic and some were thrown into the air by […]

Two men arrested driving around Macron’s home, reportedly planning to hit pedestrians – media

The two men, aged 48 and 52, were taken into custody on Wednesday night, as they kept passing in front of the villa in the northern beach resort of Le Touquet, which belongs to Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, Europe 1 reports. Gendarmes were dispatched at the residence and spotted the suspicious drivers, who […]

Car ‘Drives at Pedestrians’ in Dublin – One Injured as Driver Flees

A car has ploughed onto a pavement in Blanchardstown, Dublin, near Blanchardstown shopping centre, leaving at least one person injured. One witness said it appeared the car was “driving at pedestrians” before it sped away from the scene . She told Express.co.uk a child was struck by the car, which then accelerated away from the […]

Moment bus rammed into Moscow pedestrians caught on camera (VIDEO)

READ MORE: At least 4 dead after bus crashes into underground passage in Moscow (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Source Article from https://www.rt.com/news/414196-moscow-bus-ramming-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Multiple People Injured After Van Slams Into Pedestrians Near Penn Station

A van jumped a curb and hit at least three people near Penn Station around 5:30pm, police said. According to NBC, the vehicle jumped the curb near West 32st Street and Seventh Avenue at about 5:30 p.m., according to authorities. Law enforcement sources said after the impact, the driver continued on […]

Woman is killed after a man, 35, deliberately rams a stolen van into pedestrians at two bus stations in Marseille

A woman has died and another person is injured after an man deliberately drove a stolen van into two bus stops during morning rush hour in Marseille, southern France. A man was injured in the first crash, which took place at around 8am, and a 42-year-old woman was killed in the second, about one […]

Car hits pedestrians at Eid event at a Newcastle mosque, 6 casualties, ‘not believed to be terror’

     A car has plowed into people gathering for Eid prayers near a Newcastle mosque, UK media reports. Six people have been injured and a female driver has been arrested, police said. The crash occurred outside the Westgate Sports Centre, according to a Northumbria Police statement. Witness Asif Anwar, 29, told the Chronicle that there […]

Eight Injured After Car Crashes Into Pedestrians At Amsterdam Central Train Station; Driver Arrested

Update: Driver who struck people outside Amsterdam’s train station became unwell, police say. No link to terrorism according to BNO News. * * * Eight people have been injured and two are hospitalized after a car has crashed into a wall at Amsterdam Central Station, according to the Amsterdam police while […]

Feds use private companies to spy on cars, bicyclists and pedestrians

According to an article in the Knoxville News Sentinel, the City of Knoxville is spending close to $9 million to help spy on manage congested intersections in the future. Recently, a company called GRIDSMART (GS) donated smart “traffic-time spying collection devices” to allegedly help the city manage intersections.  We’ve seen corporations use […]

Contaminated ‘food’: Walmart recalls 90,000 pounds of beef containing wood materials

     Walmart announced this week that they will be recalling 90,000 pounds of beef because they could possibly contain “extraneous wood materials.” According to a press release from the USDA, The Sam’s Choice Black Angus Vidalia Onion items which were produced on various dates between Nov. 19, 2015, and Dec. 9, 2015 are at risk […]

Self-driving golf carts share sidewalk space with pedestrians

The autonomous golf carts (shown here) deployed in the Singapore public gardens relied on just a few unobtrusive sensors. At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in September, members of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and their colleagues will describe an experiment conducted over six days at a large public […]

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