The RAC of Western Australia and Australia-based Emotiv created the technology to raise awareness of how dangerous distractions can be behind the wheel. The Attention Powered Car features a neuro headset (inset) that connects brain activity to the car’s engine through customised software. The headset has 14 sensors detecting electrical activity from the frontal, temple, parietal and perceptual areas of the brain. When the driver is distracted, the software sends a cut-off signal to the car and the accelerator switches to idle safely slowing the car down. ...read

The new Range Rover Autobiography Black will feature leather and wood trim and be the 4X4 maker's first long wheel-base car as it aims to compete with limousines. The extra space will give passengers five and a half inches more legroom and the first class airline seats will come with a built in massagers, a champagne chiller, individual black leather tables and the car will have mood lighting in ten colours. British customers can expect deliveries of new models from May 2014 and the ultra-exclusive Autobiography Black from August 2014. ...read

The driver wearing a blue shirt was spotted casually using one-hand to control the car as he overtook traffic and drove at 35mph in Edinburgh. He even tips the bowl to his mouth with his hands to drink the last dregs of milk when he stops at traffic lights. ...read

The man and woman had a lucky escape after their car was crushed by a large lorry container in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. When emergency services arrived they had to wait for a crane to lift the container off the crushed vehicle. Amazingly, when they did lift it off they realised the two people inside the car had survived. The female passenger was able to climb out herself, while the man in the driver's seat was pulled out. ...read