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Well, Duh: In Tennessee it is illegal to drive a car while sleeping. Presumably Tennessee has other laws like this. For example, no piloting aircraft while sleeping, no operating heavy equipment while sleeping, and of course, no performing complicated brain surgery using a rusty jack knife while sleeping.
Stupid is Free: A citizen of the United Arab Emirates paid roughly $14 million at an auction for a license plate that simply listed the number one (1) on it. He explained, "I bought it because I want to be the best in the world." We have a simpler explanation. He's an idiot.
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Gridlock Gone Mad: In Tokyo, Japan, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips!
High Cost: The total cost of exhibits at the North American International Auto Show comes out to more than $200 million!
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Greetings!
Is this the end of the collision repair business? With an alarmist opening sentence like that, you know you've got to keep reading.
One of the next big things on the automotive technology front are collision avoidance systems. In fact, some major car manufacturers are already producing them, and they are currently being tested in the United Kingdom by Thatcham. For more on this, please see the article below.
Will these systems toll the death knell of the collision industry? Probably not, but what do you think? Let me know here.
Mike Davey, Editor
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Below are just a few of the great stories running live on collisionrepairmag.com.
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Cruising the Caribbean With Sherwin-Williams
There's nothing quite like a week of sun and fun in the depths of winter. That's just what 270 members of the collision repair industry experienced recently as part of Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes loyalty rewards program.
Customers boarded the luxury liner Crown Princess at San Juan, PR on February 9th, 2008. Ports of call included Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Thomas, and Tortola.
For more information on Sherwin-Williams, please click here.
Click here for over 170 more photos!
 
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Thatcham Testing Collision Avoidance Systems
A buzzer sounds. Your seatbelt tightens.
The brakes depress. You have just avoided an accident without even knowing it
was about to happen. These are some of the actions you can expect to experience
in your car with the latest collision prevention technologies from three of the
major car companies.
Currently
being tested at the British Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre (better
known as Thatcham), the Volvo City Safety, Mercedes Distronic Plus, and Honda
CMBS use radar systems to prevent low speed collisions. The systems use LIDAR, essentially a form of radar that uses lasers
instead of radio waves.
Click here to read more!
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WISE WORDS
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