Are you a cyclists that’s tired of being pushed around by other road users? Try this transforming bike and tower over them in a single movement, although make sure you wear a helmet!
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Dogs deliver Christmas trees
Dalby Forest in North Yorkshire has recruited some new workers to help out during the festive period. A pack of Newfoundland dogs will provide a delivery service with a difference by pulling Christmas trees to customers’ cars. The dogs are helping to raise money for charity through donations for each tree carried at the 3,400 hectare (8,600 acre) beauty spot in the North York Moors national park. 
Katie Thorn, the Forestry Commission’s recreation manager, said “Real trees use 10 times fewer materials to produce and five times less energy than artificial trees so it’s a good way of being kind to the planet. It’s a fantastic crowd-pleasing way to buy a tree and have the dogs tow it back to the car in a cart.” Be green this Christmas and get your real Christmas tree delivered by Newfoundland dogs.
A real monster truck
Earlier this week hundreds Japanese ‘light trucks’ gathered to raise money for a Japanese children’s charity. The lorries are known as Dekotora or Decotora, an abbreviation for ‘decoration truck’. They feature so many light bulbs that extra generators have to be fitted under the lorry’s chassis to power them.
The owners of these lorries spend months fitting each vehicle with about £100,000 of eye-catching bling. The decoration is not a random accumulation of lights however, as most lorries have a theme. Some trucks have protruding tusks made of lights, while others have large murals depicting monsters. The only drawback to these magnificent beasts is that the lights can only be on for 20 minutes at a time before the generators overheat.
Super crash!
Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini and two other vehicles were involved in a pile-up in Japan on Sunday morning. Police believe the accident occurred when the driver of one of the Ferraris tried to change lanes, lost control on the wet surface and hit the central barrier. He spun across the road, and the other cars collided while trying to avoid hitting his car. 
Police declined to comment on the total amount of damage, but said some of the vehicles were beyond repair. The total cost of the damage is estimated to be in the region of £2.6 million. Although no one was seriously hurt 10 people were taken to hospital where they were treated for bruises and cuts.
Don’t try this at home
A motorcyclist takes his life into his own hands by performing a series of dangerous yet impressive stunts.
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Marmite spill causes motorway chaos
A large-scale clean-up operation was undertaken yesterday when tanker carrying more than 20 tonnes of yeast extract, believed to be Marmite, overturned on a busy motorway. Police shut a section of the M1 in South Yorkshire at around 10.15pm on Tuesday night following the incident, which saw the vehicle crash and and spill its contents onto the carriageway. The motorway remained closed until 9.30am the next morning, but the havoc continued with further delays to commuters of up to an hour.
Thousands took to Twitter to offer their Marmite related puns and surprisingly, the subject managed to attract more traffic than George Osborne’s Autumn Statement. One user, who goes by the name of pkfrancis, said: ‘Marmite lorry crashes. Some people will love this news, others will hate it ..’ Another said “We want to toast all those wanting to help mop up the spread of Marmite on the M1″ from @thisismarmite.
Fuel duty rise cancelled
Chancellor George Osborne announced the cancellation of a rise in fuel duty in his Autumn Statement yesterday. Fuel duty was set to rise by 3p in January 2012 and then by a further 5p in August. The rise in August will still take place, but will only be by 3p instead of the original 5p. As a result, Mr Osborne said the average family would save £144 a year on filling up their car.
The government had come under pressure from motoring organisations and MPs to scrap the rise in fuel duty. Earlier this month, Conservative MP Robert Halfon tabled a Commons motion urging action on fuel prices in response to an e-petition signed by 110,000 people. AA president Edmund King welcomed Mr Osborne’s decision saying, “The chancellor has seen sense on this vital issue. Cash-strapped drivers will heave a heavy duty sigh of relief as current pump prices are close to the record high.”
Royal mail to deliver to your neighbour
The Royal Mail has launched an initiative covering 750,000 addresses in the UK, which will allow postmen to leave parcels with neighbouring addresses if no one is at home. The trial is part of a process of bringing Royal Mail more in line with other delivery companies. Royal Mail is the only major delivery company that is not allowed to deliver to a neighbour as part of its standard practice.
“It means less need to go to one of our offices and we know that other parcel carriers in the UK are able to undertake this approach with very little or no impact on the relationship between neighbours,” Royal Mail said. The trial will last a total of three months starting in November 2011 and ending in February 2012 in select areas of the UK including Bolton, Wigan, Edinburgh, Hull, Gatwick, Norwich and Swansea. Residents in the areas affected by the trial will have the option not to be included. Royal Mail was given the green light by UK regulators back in September to run the Delivery to Neighbour trial. Previously, it was the only parcel delivery company in the UK legally prevented from leaving items with neighbours.
NOW will you slow down?
Tim Backhouse, a builder from the village of Bow, in Devon, has responded to speeding motorists by painting a massive 30mph sign on the side of his house. He said speeding traffic on the A3072 made it difficult to cross the road to get to the village shop. “There is no speed camera in the village so no incentive for people to abide by the law. If drivers just stuck to the speed limit Bow would be a much nicer place to live,” he told the Metro.
Devon County Council carried out a traffic survey and found the average speed was only 31mph in the village. A spokesman said: “We’re aware of concerns about the speed of traffic through the village, and local police have worked with the community on enforcement issues.” Mr Backhouse said he painted the sign as part of Road Safety Week UK and would paint over it on 5 December.
Floating Motorcycle
An impressive way to get around in the floods.
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