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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch how the Bloodhound supercar gets off the line Bloodhound has now joined the exclusive club of land speed racers that have gone faster than 600mph (965km/h). Running across its dry lakebed track on Saturday, the British car’s GPS sensors clocked 628mph (1,010km/h). Only six vehicles in …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The current motorway speed limit is 130km/h although a lower limit can apply at various times and places The daytime speed limit on Dutch roads is to be cut to 100km/h (62mph) in a bid to tackle a nitrogen oxide pollution crisis, according to cabinet sources widely quoted by …

Image copyright Getty Images Cutting the speed of ships has huge benefits for humans, nature and the climate, according to a new report. A 20% reduction would cut greenhouse gases but also curb pollutants that damage human health such as black carbon and nitrogen oxides. This speed limit would cut underwater noise by 66% and …

Image caption The upper-chassis was lifted off to one side of the car The Bloodhound land speed challenger is likely to be back out on its South African lakebed track early next week. Engineers are now satisfied they understand why a heat alarm has been triggering on the car when it runs. Bloodhound was in …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch the Bloodhound supercar get off the line Engineers working on the new British challenge to the land speed record will spend the weekend chasing down a sensor issue on their Bloodhound car. The arrow-shaped racer was targeting 550mph (885km/h) on Friday’s latest run across the Kalahari …

The Bloodhound is half race car and half space ship, and a team from the UK are hoping it will eventually be the world’s fastest car. It clocked 501mph on Wednesday, during a series of tests in South Africa. But it is still at least a year off attempting to break the land speed record …

Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR/CHARLIE SPERRING Bloodhound is now a 500mph car. The British-built straight-line racer recorded its highest speed yet during a hot afternoon run across the Kalahari Desert on Wednesday. GPS instruments in the vehicle clocked 501mph (806km/h). Bloodhound’s driver, Andy Green, declared himself “chuffed to bits” after bringing the car to a stop. …

Image copyright Bloodhound LSR Image caption Bloodhound will need a rocket in addition to its jet engine to break records The Bloodhound vehicle has become the third fastest British car of all time – unofficially. The arrow-shaped racer clocked a speed of 461mph (741km/h) as it powered across a dried-out lakebed in southern Africa’s Kalahari …

JAIL. IT ENDED AT HIGHWAY-80 AND LOUIS WILSON DRIVE IN BRANDON. CHIEF WILLIAM THOMPSON SAYS THE SUSPECT RAN THROUGH A CHECKPOINT IN POLKVILLE IN SIMPSON COUNTY, DROVE INTO RANKIN COUNTY, AND ENDED UP LEADING AUTHORITIES ON A CHASE. “HE HIT THE CURB AND DISABLED THE VEHICLE WHICH HE COULD NOT CONTINUE. THE SUSPECT AT THAT …

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) Killeen police Thursday demonstrated technology designed to keep officers a step ahead of speeders including state-of-the-art radar guns that can track the speed of vehicles from miles away. Traffic Officer Bobby Castillo says that the department is confident that once implemented, the speed enforcement detail will make streets and highways safer for …