A great idea from Coca-Cola to give out free Coke to the streets of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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A nutty vehicle
Mr.Peanut is the mascot for Planters, a division of Kraft Foods, which as you might be able to guess is in the business of selling nuts. To help promote the humble peanut, the company has gone to great lengths creating the ultimate nut-based vehicle. We give you the “Nutmobile!”:
It may not beat a Porsche in the looks department but the Nutmobile has some pretty good green credentials. Based on a 2011 Isuzu NPR diesel truck, the Nutmobile is filled with 5 percent biodiesel, covered in solar panels and fitted with a wind turbine and a host of batteries. Even body panels and the interior are recycled: Floorboards were reclaimed from a dismantled barn, while the windows are recycled glass in frames made of recycled steel.
Despite its unaerodynamic profile, we would still love to see the Stig take a crack at racing the Nutmobile on the Top Gear track!
Howling at the moon
Like a moth to a flame, an unfortunate trucker in Brunswick, USA, could not break the mesmerising spell of a full moon. His brief moment of weakness proved costly as a gust of wind hit his truck whilst he was distracted.
Hauling 20,000 pounds of fish from Nova Scotia, the truck eventually had to be towed from the side of the motorway. Police said there were no injuries and minimal damage to the truck.
Brown eyed courier
The latest advert from UPS might just make you fall in love with logistics all over again….
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Fuelling the campaign fire
Quentin Wilson of Fifth Gear fame has urged hauliers across the UK to back the FairFuelUK campaign as the threat of a 4ppl duty hike hangs over the transport industry.
Speaking to Roadtransport.com, Willson said: “We’ve got tremendous support from the public and we’ve got some really committed MPs, but we need the 600,000 people that work in the haulage industry to come out and support the campaign. This has the potential to be historic and shape the haulage industry’s future. Hauliers won’t ever have to worry about the price of diesel again.”
On Valentine’s day the campaign created a striking visual to support their aims. Representatives from the Road Haulage Association, the Freight Transport Association, RAC, two hauliers and Wilson himself pulled a seven ton lorry over 60 yards along Whitehall to Downing Street.
Bob Russett, MD of Palletline Logistics and one of the truck-pull team, says it is “a disgrace if hauliers don’t sign the petition”.
The consensus of the campaign appears to be that they need to strike whilst the iron is hot because in just 12 days, on Wednesday 2 March, the FairFuelUK petition will be handed in to Downing street.
Optimus prime gets a parking ticket
Optimus Prime may be a robot in disguise but that doesn’t seem to have helped him on the streets of New York. The star of the Hollywood blockbuster, Transformers, illegally parked outside the Hasbro Toy Fair and was quickly ticketed by a passing traffic warden.
They may be fighting the Decepticons for the fate of the Universe but apparently the Autobots are not exempt from the wrath of the traffic warden!
Controlled chaos in Vietnam
Somehow thousands of drivers and motorcyclists amazingly manoeuvre their way across this busy intersection in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
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No protection
Surely one of the great mysteries of our time has come to light as Malaysian police attempt to track down 700,000 condoms. That’s right, after being loaded on to a freight ship in Malaysia, the batch of condoms vanished en route to their destination in Japan. Upon unloading, the container was completely empty and its locks were changed.
Sato Koji of Japanese firm Sagami Rubber Industries, who manufacture the condoms, said: “We are unhappy over the incident. This is the first time such a thing has happened since our Malaysian production started in 1997.” It is estimated that the stolen batch has a retail value of around £1 million.
Although the story is comical, police officials do not see the funny side. A police spokesperson added: “We take the matter of the missing condoms very seriously… we are investigating the matter.”
We want to know how you would even go about getting rid of such a large stash of goods, let alone condoms!
Dirty trick
We don’t know what this advert is trying to sell, but we do know it’s funny!
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No escaping the family!
If you head out onto the motorway in the coming weeks don’t be too surprised to see an over-sized family beaming at you. HGV driver, Lindsey Scott, is taking part in ‘Take Me With You’ – an art project that shines the light on long distance workers and their families.
“Many drivers cover over 100,000 miles a year on the road network with some being required to stay away from home for many days or weeks at a time.”
Lindsey, a mother of five, has a family portrait on either side of her lorry, measuring a whopping 13m x 2m (43ft x 6ft). Now the family follows her wherever she drives.
Paul Stearman, who is also taking part in the project, said, “i’m usually away from Sunday to Thursday and I really miss my family. I speak to them on the phone but it’s nice to be able to take them along with me,’ said 41-year-old Paul Stearman, who’s been a driver for 24 years.