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| Chopper trouble |
A man who spent the day with his mistress on a beach in northern Italy made the mistake of waving to a helicopter film crew who were covering the Giro d'Italia cycling race and was inadvertently shown on national television.
As the cameraman zoomed in on the illicit pair, the man's brother called his sister-in-law's mobile phone, thinking that she was the woman he could see on the beach. Instead though, she was at home alone and when her husband returned with a suntan, he had some explaining to do. |
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| Pirates ahoy |
Malaysian cinema ushers are being trained to use military-style night-vision goggles to keep an eye on members of the audience who might try to pirate the film using hand-held video recorders or mobile phones.
After showing people to their seats and turning off the lights, the ushers strap on their goggles and scan the audience. According to The Motion Picture Association, responsible for the training, over the past two months 17 would-be pirates have been prevented from making illegal recordings of blockbusters including Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean.
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| Giant steps |
New York's famed Saks Fifth Avenue department store plans to open a shoe department so big it has been granted its own ZIP code.
Saks will nearly double the number of shoes for sale and take over the entire eighth floor of its flagship store in Manhattan. The expanded department will open in September and take the name of its ZIP - 10022-SHOE. |
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| Wwwacky website |
| So maybe the Starsky and Hutch movie didn't have the style, or the number of empty boxes abandoned on street corners, that the original Paul Michael Glaser-David Soul series had, but something good has come out of Warner Bros' recent blockbuster. Click here and try your hand at Starsky and Hutch pinball. This online game has brilliant flipper response (control for left, shift for right) and a few cool soundbites from the movie when you're least expecting them. But the best part? Nudging's not illegal! |
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Volume 12.06
June 2007 |
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Hello Welcome to the June issue of Fleettorque, brought to you by Fleetcare!
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Rebel rebel |
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 If the drivers of 202 are not content just to wear designer label clothes, then they may get the chance to drive a branded car, if this Rebel concept goes into production that is.
Dreamt up by graduates of the UK's Coventry University, The Rebel, as it has been named, is aimed squarely at young style-conscious drivers. The idea is that big brand names of the calibre of Nike, Sony, Apple and Nintendo would be invited to design their own body panels that can be sold separately and fitted to the car to the driver's individual taste. Each panel could also have a particular function - so a bike rider might like a rack to store his BMX while driving, or a jogger might choose a panel with built-in storage for her runners. |
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New Corolla |
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 After nearly as many regenerations as Doctor Who, the Toyota Corolla is born again, bigger and better than ever before, and on a mission to become Australia's top-selling small car.
Since first hitting the road in Australia in 1966, more than 975,000 Corollas have been sold here, but Toyota reckon the tenth version has what it takes to eclipse its predecessors. The new line-up kicks off with the Ascent, which is available in both hatch and sedan from $20,990, while the mid-level Conquest is priced from $25,500. There are also two sports-oriented Corollas - the Levin SX is priced from $25,500 and the Levin ZR $29,500 (pictured). Top of the range is the 'mini-Lexus' Ultima, complete with leather upholstery, Optitronic gauges and keyless start which costs from $31,990 and is available in auto only. |
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Folding pictures |
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 Watch tv, switch it off, fold it up and put it in your pocket. This could soon be a reality according to Sony, which has just showcased its new concept foldable television screen.
At just 3mm deep, the screens make use of the same OLED technology as the new paper-thin televisions that are due to launch later this year, but the difference is in the foldability. Apparently, the picture doesn't even falter as the screen is folded and flattened out again. |
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Hot wheels |
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 If you've given up on your dream of being king of the road why not settle for the title of king of the skatepark instead?
$630 won't buy you a car, but it will get you moving on the new E-Glide DC 36 'electric powerboard', a battery-powered 90cm skateboard, which is fitted with a 400-watt motor, variable speed and electric braking for kick-flips that are truly awesome. Go to www.e-glide.com for more information. |
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Fender bender gender |
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 Men are three times more likely than women to be killed on Australian roads, according to new research.
Insurer AAMI carried out a telephone survey of 2,384 drivers during 2006 and combined the responses with their own claims data. The results show that 84 per cent of Australian men have been involved in a crash, compared with 77 per cent of women, and that men's accidents tend to be more serious than women's.
Men, generally more biologically aggressive and impatient than women, are more likely to be involved in accidents due to loss of control, while women's less developed sense of spatial awareness leads to minor incidents, such as reversing into stationary objects.
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