Consumer Electronics Show: JLR, Intel showcase driver attention-monitoring system

Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2015, 09:02

Jaguar Land Rover is working with Intel and Seeing Machines to develop sensing technology that monitors the driver's face and eyes to reduce distracted and drowsy driving.

BMW to replace air bags nationwide, joining other automakers

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 05:59

BMW has agreed to demands from the government to replace driver's-side air bags across the entire US.

Auto-rickshaw driver assaults woman

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 00:04

In yet another incident of misbehaviour by auto drivers, a 27-year-old woman was on Saturday assaulted by an auto-rickshaw driver here over change for Rs 50 currency note.

Daniel Juncadella joins Force India as reserve driver

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:41

Sahara Force India on Friday announced signing young Spaniard Daniel Juncadella as their reserve driver for the 2014 Formula One season.

Woman passenger molested by auto driver in Kolkata

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 18:02

An errant auto rickshaw driver was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting and beating a woman passenger after the two had a scuffle over fare settlement.

Polish woman alleges rape by taxi driver

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 22:30

A 33-year-old Polish woman was allegedly raped by a cab driver after he had offered her a ride on the Mathura-Delhi highway, police said.

Driver survives plunge off California cliff

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 15:08

A driver who plunged 300 feet off of a Southern California ocean cliff has been rescued after firefighters waded into the surf to free him from the car.

Las Vegas cabbie returns USD 300k found in taxi

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 16:08

The taxi driver was making a pick-up on Monday at the Bellagio hotel when a hotel doorman noticed the brown paper bag and handed it to him.

Driver turns doctor in UP hospital!

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 14:38

In yet another shocking case of medical negligence in Uttar Pradesh, a driver employed with a government hospital in Fatehpur district was seen assisting a doctor performing a major surgery in an operation theatre.

Pune rogue bus driver awarded death for killing nine

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 18:26

A Pune court reiterated its verdict Wednesday and awarded death penalty to a state transport bus driver accused of killing nine people and injuring 37 others as he sped through the city`s streets last year, a legal official said.

Sikh hate crime case: Maximum punishment sought for attacker

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 12:40

Jamie Larson, 49, had pleaded guilty in June this year in US District Court in Seattle to a federal hate crime relating to a racially-motivated assault of the 50-year-old Sikh man who works as a taxi cab driver.

Indian cabbie jailed in Australia for rape

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:50

A 30-year-old Indian taxi driver has been sentenced to six years in prison in Australia for raping a drunk and vulnerable teenage schoolgirl who he had been asked to drop home.