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Amazon is testing new driver safety features following shootings
Amazon is testing new driver safety features following shootings
Harry and Meghan’s taxi driver during paparazzi ‘chase’ speaks out
Driver who killed mum in ‘horrific’ crash on to train tracks smiles as he’s jailed
How to reduce Windows driver bloat
Over time on Windows systems, it’s inevitable that old device drivers get supplanted by new ones. Even on systems where drivers aren’t rigorously maintained, Windows Update will typically update at least a dozen drivers annually.
Those who pursue driver currency more vigorously may also use tools like the Intel Driver & Support Assistant (DSA), Nvidia’s GeForce Experience (which checks Nvidia graphics, sound, and 3D drivers), or general driver management tools such as ioBit’s Driver Booster or the SourceForge Snappy Driver Installer project to check and update drivers on Windows 10 or 11 PCs. The Intel and Nvidia offerings concentrate on devices they make, whereas general-purpose driver update tools check all of them and point you at drivers in need of updating, with varying degrees of help and support in getting them installed.
Driver who ploughed into crowd and killed student guilty of murder
Driver warning – how going green and buying an electric car could end up leaving you THOUSANDS out of pocket
THE value of some of the most in-demand electric cars is falling at two times the rate of petrol cars, new research has discovered.
Most mainstream motors will experience a steady decline in value over time, due to factors such as increasing age, mileage covered and general wear and tear.
Buying an electric car could end up leaving you out of pocket[/caption]
However, a new study has found that, on average, battery powered cars will lose 51 percent of their original value (based on data from 2020 to 2023), compared to just 37 percent for petrol models.
This means a huge £15,220 drop for owners of EVs, compared to £9,901 for drivers of petrol cars, reports The Express.
The worrying information comes from ChooseMyCar.com – using a comparison of new model prices from three years ago compared to their current value.
Put simply, the higher the original purchase price of the car, the bigger the loss – with the Tesla Model S losing £25,000 in value over 36 months of ownership, equating to a fall of 46%.
Shockingly, even popular entry-level EVs like the Nissan Leaf were affected by big levels of depreciation, recording a fall of £13,000 (58%).
Nick Zapolski, of ChooseMyCar.com, said: “Our research shows yet another blow for EV owners, on top of many other issues that have come to light recently.
“Not only are the EVs themselves not holding value, the price of electricity itself has zoomed up, meaning running the cars is not as economical as it once was.”
One thing that hasn’t helped matters is the Government doing away with its Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (around a year ago), which previously helped drivers to save money on installing an EV charger at home.
Many are now calling on the Government to bring the scheme back to support motorists making the switch to an electric car.
Mr Zapolski continued: “Home charge points are expensive to install (if you even had the necessary driveway to allow that) and there has been uproar about the availability and reliability of public charge points.
“On top of that, recent decisions made by the Government mean that some of the initial incentives to encourage EV ownership are being discontinued, such as lower tax and free entry into ULEZ zones.
“The Government really needs to take action if it wants to continue to push the idea of EVs onto the consumer, as currently the cons of EV ownership threaten to outweigh the pros.”
New Intel Linux Graphics Driver Patches Released, Up To 10-15% Better Performance
But as this is about changing the threshold for how aggressively the Intel graphics hardware switches power states, the proposed patches leave it up to user-space to adjust the thresholds as they wish. Google engineers are interested in hooking this into Feral’s GameMode so that the values could be automatically tuned when launching games and then returning to their former state when done gaming, in order to maximize battery life / power efficiency. The only downside with these current patches are that they work only for non-GuC based platforms… So the latest Alder/Raptor Lake notebooks as well as Intel DG2/Alchemist discrete graphics currently aren’t able to make use of this tuning option.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Speeding driver ignored dead-end sign before killing ‘beautiful’ couple by ploughing into concrete wall without braking
A SPEEDING driver killed a “beautiful couple” in a horror crash after he ignored a dead-end sign.
Kyle Khan, 26, and his wife Meesha Afzal, 22, died instantly when the vehicle they were passengers in ploughed into a wall near the M42.
Kyle Khan and Meesha Afzal died instantly in the horror crash near the M42[/caption]
Eidnun Liaquat killed the couple while speeding[/caption]
Eidnun Liaquat, who had previously admitted two charges of causing death by careless driving, was sentenced to 18 months suspended for two years.
The 28-year-old of Chirbury Grove, Northfield, was also banned from driving for three years and ordered to pay £1,500 costs.
Paul Spratt, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said of the victims: “They were two people in the prime of their young lives. They had hopes and aspirations which, sadly, will be unfulfilled.”
The accident happened at 1.50am on December 13, 2020, after the couple and Liaquat, who had been in Solihull, had spent the evening together.
About 20 minutes earlier a police officer had seen the Mercedes being driven by the defendant going in excess of the 30mph speed limit.
“Alcohol had been consumed and that might be the reason why Liaquat was driving,” said Mr Spratt.
He said the defendant had taken some cannabis but was below the legal limit.
“Quite how they ended up in that side road off the Warwick Road is not clear. The road was plainly a dead end.
“Had Liaquat observed signs that were available to him from the roundabout he would have known that.
“The road goes from a dual carriageway to a single track road. There is a solid concrete wall at the end.”
Mr Spratt said a witness had estimated that before the collision Liaquat had been travelling at between 30 and 40mph.
“There is no sign of braking as he approached the part of the road he should not have been on.”
Both Kyle and Meesha, who were both wearing seat belts, suffered “catastrophic” injuries as a result of the collision while Liaquat also sustained a broken left hip and chest injuries.
In passing sentence Judge Simon Drew KC said: “Ultimately this is a tragic case in which two young people lost their lives.”
He said what happened was at night and in wet conditions and continued: “You were driving down a road which was a dead-end. There were signs which clearly said so.
“Any careful and considerate driver would have seen these. The failure to realise that you were driving down a dead-end was a serious failure on your part and you were driving at speed.”
The judge said Liaquat was driving a car with three passengers and went on: “That increased the care that you needed to take, their lives were in your hands, literally.”
However, he said: “You are a man of positive good character and Kyle Khan was your best friend and Meesha was his wife.
“I accept that the impact upon you has been grave and your expressions of remorse are genuine and sincere.”
Graham Henson, defending, said: “Kyle Khan was his best friend. They were almost like brothers.
“The effect on the families of Kyle Khan and Meesha Afzal has been devastating and the effect on Liaquat has also been devastating.”
He said the defendant worked as a postman, did not have a great recollection of the accident and believed that he had braked.
Kyle’s mum Roshni Sajida Yousaf, 51, previously said the “beautiful couple” – who married in July 2017 – were the Romeo and Juliet of this century.”
“Kyle and Meesha were my life. It breaks my heart that I’ve lost two children as she (Meesha) was my daughter too,” she said.
The road was clearly marked as a dead-end[/caption]