The luxury manufacturer behind the world's fastest car has now created the world's lightest bike.
The bike is made of 95 per cent reinforced carbon and weighs just 5kg (11 pounds), making it the world's lightest bicycle.
But the elite sports vehicle will set you back a staggering $39,000 (£32,000).
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The luxury manufacturer behind the world's fastest car has announced the arrival of a new superbike, the PG Bugatti bike (pictured)
PG BUGATTI BIKE
- Made of 95 per cent reinforced carbon for lightness
- flat handlebars
- single-speed structure
- Belt-driven with one seat stay and one chain
- Costs $39,802 (£32,000) and will be released later this year
Bugatti will release just 667 models in a range of colours later this year.
The French company has teamed up with elite bike company PG to create the ultimate sports bike.
The super-light bike is fitted with aerodyamic technology and all of its parts are handmade using 'materials and methods otherwise found only in motor sport and aeronautic industries'.
The bike is single-speed and features one chain, one seat stay and is belt-driven.
A belt-driven bike is a chainless bicycle that uses a belt to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel.
The bike is made of 95 per cent reinforced carbon and weighs just 5kg (11 pounds), making it the world's lightest bicycle
The elite sports vehicle, which has flat handle bars, will set you back a staggering $39,000 (£32,000)
This has allowed the company to build a bike with the 'lightest weight and highest rigidity possible', according to Bugatti's website.
'Frame, fork, rims, handlebar, seat, seat post, crank and brake are made of the highest quality carbon fibre available in today's market,' the website reads.
The bike's release will coincide with the arrival of the new Chiron supercar.
Bugatti will release just 667 models in a range of colours late r this year. The French company has teamed up with elite bike company PG to create the ultimate sports bike
The super-light bike is fitted with aerodyamic technology and all of its parts are handmade using 'materials and methods otherwise found only in motor sport and aeronautic industries'
'Upon request, customers of the supercar builder can have their bicycles matched to their own Bugattis,' the website says.
'Special paints, carbon in various colours, numerous types of leather and, of course, the Bugatti pearl oval make the Bugatti bike the perfect supplement for the 1,500 PS dream car.'
The vehicle costs considerably more than most people's cars. The average motorist spends just £20,000 on a car in the UK and $33,560 in the US.
But the luxury bike is not intended for road use, the company said.
'The special bike is a piece of sports equipment which is not intended to be used on public roads,' according to the website.
Brogan Warren (pictured) died in a car crash and her mother found out on Facebook
A devastated mother discovered her 21-year-old daughter had been killed in a horrific head-on car crash after she saw RIP tributes to her on Facebook[4].
Deborah Byrne, 47, from Northampton, was browsing the social network site when she saw the posts on her news feed.
She was scrolling through the site and discovered there were memorial messages paying tribute to her daughter, Brogan Warren.
One friend had written 'Gone too soon' while another had said 'I can't believe the news.'
Instantly, Ms Byrne, who had been relaxing at home, feared the worst had happened to the daughter she called her 'glitter girl'.
Speaking about seeing the posts on May 23 last year, she said: 'I just remember seeing lots of RIP messages.
'Then a friend of Brogan's wrote to me 'I'm so sorry' in a private message, so I asked what the hell she was talking about.
'She said there had been a horrific crash the night before, on May 22, and she would be there for me. That's when I started screaming. The penny had dropped – Brogan was dead.
'At that moment my heart shattered. I couldn't believe I'd found out about my daughter's death on Facebook.'
Ms Byrne, also mum to Tianna, five, and Taylia, 23, instantly called her sister, full-time mother Tricia Byrne, 43, at her home in Northampton.
Her sister rushed over to her home along with Taylia and Brogan's stone mason father, Joff Warren, 49.
Deborah Byrne (pictured with Brogan) was devastated after she saw that a number of her daughter's friends had posted tributes to her online
Ms Byrne (left, with Brogan) said: 'I couldn't believe I'd found out about my daughter's death on Facebook'
Ms Byrne, who separated from Mr Warren 16 years ago, broke the news to her ex-partner in the kitchen of her home.
She said: 'He was devastated, couldn't believe what I was telling him.
'We were desperately trying to get hold of the Northamptonshire Police to get official confirmation of what had happened.
'But because the crash had happened in Oxfordshire, 45 miles away, Brogan's name wasn't coming up on our local police's system.'
Finally, at 1pm on May 23, an officer from Thames Valley Police – the force which covers Oxfordshire – confirmed Brogan had died, following a head-on crash on the A40 Shrivenham bypass in Oxfordshire at 11.15pm.
Sadly, three of her friends, Sam Jones, 23, Nicoletta Tocco, 25, and Sam Kay, 26, had also died in the smash involving the Citroen Saxo, driven by Mr Jones, and a Mercedes being driven by a man from Swindon, Wiltshire.
Brogan (pictured) was in a car with her friends as they travelled back from a festival in Bristol
The 21-year-old (pictured) died in the crash with three of her friends as they travelled back to Northampton
He was in hospital, alongside his wife and three-year-old child.
Brogan and her friends had been travelling back from a vegan festival in Bristol, called VegFest, when they crashed.
Ms Byrne continued: 'At 8pm on the Sunday night (the night of the crash) Brogan texted me and said they'd be driving back soon, so, with Tianna staying with my sister, I took advantage and had an early night.
'When I heard no more from Brogan, I wasn't worried. I assumed her phone battery had died and she'd stopped off at someone's house.'
The police had actually visited Ms Byrne's house at 5am, after the crash, but had not managed to wake her.
She said: 'I didn't blame anyone, but it compounded my heartache. The police said they had knocked at my door in the early hours, but couldn't raise me.
'I recall hearing the dog barking, but didn't think anything of it.'
After reading the messages on Facebook, Ms Byrne (with her daughter), who had been relaxing at home, feared the worst had happened
The 21-year-old was killed in a horrific car crash in May 2016 and her funeral took place on June 7 in Northampton
Ms Byrne was told some of the other passengers' families were woken by police at 5am and she says that's how the news made it onto Facebook.
The next day Deborah, along with Taylia, Joff, Tricia, Deborah's dad John and Brogan's boyfriend Grant Brooks, went to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to identify Brogan.
She added: 'Brogan was covered in a white sheet, except for a triangle which showed her beautiful face.
Ms Byrne (left, with her daughters Taylia and Brogan) was devastated after reading the news on her Facebook page
'Seeing her lifeless body, she looked like a broken china doll. She looked nothing like the Brogan I knew.'
Her funeral was on June 7 at St Aiden's Church in Northampton, the same place where Brogan had been christened 19 years earlier.
Her mother added: 'After they laid her body in the ground, everyone poured flowers and glitter onto her coffin. She was such a free-spirit, it's what she would have wanted.
'But I didn't want to think of it as a funeral, more as a festiv al of her life.'
In the weeks after Brogan's death, her mother said she was haunted by the horror of finding out about her death online.
She continued: 'I never thought this would happen to our family. Brogan was such a lovely, kind girl and now we don't have her anymore and I've been left with so much pain.'
An inquest in November 2016 in Oxford heard the four festivalgoers died from multiple injuries as a result of the crash.
Their vehicle, being driven by Mr Jones, overturned after ploughing into the other driver's car and suffered 'catastrophic damage,' the court was told.
The 21-year-old (with her sister Taylia) received a number of tributes online, with one friend writing: 'Gone too soon'
Broga n (pictured with her younger sister Tianna) died from multiple injuries following the crash
Toxicology reports found Mr Jones had cannabis and alcohol in his bloodstream, although he was below the drink-drive limit.
Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter recorded conclusions of road traffic collision.
He said: 'It simply isn't possible to say (what happened) but it does seem likely that either driver fatigue or driver distraction seemed most likely potential causes.
'Fatigue, perhaps nodding off at the wheel, is a possibility or some kind of distraction either inside or outside the vehicle.'
Pc James Henderson, who prepared a report on the crash, said: 'It is not known why the driver of the Citroen came to be on the wrong side of the road.
'There are a number of potential causes but th ere is insufficient evidence available to be able to categorically state which is contributory.'
He added that he did not believe either Sam or the other driver were speeding prior to the collision.
Patrick Maguire, of law firm Slater and Gordon who represented Brogan's family, said: 'Brogan's death at such a young age has devastated her family and those around her and they are still struggling to come to terms with their loss.'
SourceDriver, 44, who left her car for a Kwik-Fit MOT is astonished to see it in a DISABLED BAY risking a £75 fine as 'arrogant' mechanic popped to the bank.
Nicola Finn, 44, confronted the man who had parked her car in a disabled bay
Kwik-Fit worker was dressed in uniform and said he was test driving the car
A fixed penalty charge for parking in a disabled bay tends to be around £75
Bosses apologised to Ms Finn and said they would make donation to charity
A woman spotted her car parked in a disabled bay after she had taken it for an MOT at Kwik-Fit.
Nicola Finn, 44, was astonished to see her Vauxhall Adam in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire town centre just two hours after she had taken it into the garage chain on March 18.
An outraged Ms Finn waited by her car until the mechanic, dressed in a Kwik-Fit uniform, emerged from a nearby bank, reports the Mirror[4].
Nicola Finn, 44, was astonished to see her Vauxhall Adam in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire town centre just two hours after she had taken it into Kwik-Fit for an MOT
She said the mechanic claimed he was following 'normal' procedure and taking the car for a 'road test' but could not explain why he had parked in the disabled space.
'This Kwik-Fit worker was clearly not disabled so it's an insult to people who actually are,' she said.
'When I confronted him in the street he couldn't explain why it was in a disabled bay.
'He said he was doing banking for work and then he just got back into my car and drove off.'
'He didn't even offer me a lift. I had to walk 15 minutes back to the Kwik-Fit garage - I was absolutely fuming.'
She added that the mechanic did not even offer her a lift in her own car.
After Ms Finn arrived back at the garage she was not charged for her MOT.
Bosses also apologised and offered to make a donation to a disability charity.
The mechanic had parked her car in a disabled bay (pictured) while he went to the bank
She said: 'They tried to offer me the MOT at a reduced price but I refused to pay a penny. I complained to customer services and they told me the man was doing the banking for work.
'I couldn't care less what shop he went into, he shouldn't be driving my car without permission.'
Anyone who is caught parking in a disabled bay without a Blue Badge receives a Penalty Charge Notice.
This varies depending on who owns the car park but is usually around £75.
A Kwik-Fit spokesman told the Mirror the company had apologised.
He added: 'We have refunded the cost of her MOT and service and offered her next service and MOT free of charge as a further apology.
'We have also offered to make a donation to a local charity for people with disabilities.
'We often have to take cars on road tests and we have strict policies governing these.
SourceBuying This Back-Up Camera Fixed My Terrible Parking Jobs.
It's been more than two years since I upgraded my two-door Jeep Wrangler for a more family-friendly four door model — though you wouldn't know it by looking at my tires or rear bumper. Every time I parallel park in front of my house, I lose another chunk of rubber to the curb as I try get my longer car saddled up closer the sidewalk. And the neighbors — good people that they are — have begun protecting their nice new Honda by parking a beat-up Toyota between my rear end and their preferred ride.
But recently, I found a solution. And it doesn't involve brushing up with a driver's ed class.
Pearl RearVision[1] is an aftermarket back-up camera, letting me see behind my Jeep without any wiring or professional installation needed. Streaming video from a small yet sensor-packed license plate frame to my phone, the RearVision works fast and consistently. It's just like a factory-installed camera, except you can easily take it with you when you buy a new car, or when you're driving a loaner.
The RearVision, made by a team of former Apple[2] staffers, smartly turns your phone into an automotive accessory thanks to intuitive design and an impressive amount of polish. Pearl advertises a 10-minute installation, and even with my unconventional Jeep setup — Wrangler plates are on the vehicle's left-hand rear, requiring an additional bracket that Pearl supplies — it didn't take much longer than that.
RearVision comes with a magnetic air-vent phone dock. Placing an Android phone there will launch Pearl's app automatically, while iPhone users will get a pop-up notification. When the app opens, the phone connects with RearVision's ODB-II dongle, a little computer that serves as the brain of the system and connects to your car's diagnostics. The dongle packs an eight-core processor that performs tasks like measuring the distance between your car and an object, calculating your vehicle's speed, and detecting obstacles. This data is seamlessly slung back and forth between the frame, dongle, and your phone via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, letting you use the video feed when parking, but not driving.
The camera frame, meanwhile, has a pair of HD cameras that combine to offer 180 degrees of view, along with a night vision mode. A solar panel is integrated into the frame to power the unit. In my four weeks of cloudy Pacific Northwest weather, I never noticed the battery life so much as flinch when I needed to use it. And the best part: The cameras are so small, nobody will notice the difference.
The RearVision smartly integrates your phone into the driving experience. By mounting your phone on the dashboard or air vent, it provides the perfect spot for a rear-facing video feed. And Pearl's app offers big icons to make it easy to jump between apps like Apple Music, Spotify, Apple Maps and Google[3] Maps without having to hit the home button and navigate around your phone, helping you keep your eyes on the road.
Then, of course, there's the backing up. You can orient your phone in either portrait or landscape on the dock, with both modes providing different views. Landscape generally gives you a wider view. Portrait provides two images, including a zoomed-in look and a fisheye perspective. On-screen controls let you reposition the camera to look around, which is neat, but not all that helpful when you're stressed over driving backwards.
But the impact warning alerts are excellent, both sounding an alarm and casting a ripple-like effect over the screen originating from the object you're in danger of bumping. Optional visual guidelines can help you park and avoid banging into the bumper behind you. (You're welcome, neighbors!) This tool is particularly smart, because unlike conventional dash cams that put an overlay on the video signal, RearVision senses the distance between you and objects behind you, shortening the guidelines dynamically as you park.
For $499, the RearVision might seem like an expensive aftermarket add-on. But that's only because car stereo installers offer lesser backup cameras for $99 when you buy a new head unit. Still, that's often a dishonest price, because they almost always hit you with unexpected fees for brackets and other fittings before they finish the job. The reality is RearVision is a good pick because it's software upgradable and you can take it with you into your next ride. That makes it a great idea in particular for people who lease, who can buy one without ever having to look back.
Source2 bystanders killed in Puerto Rico armored car robbery.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Two bystanders were killed during a shootout Thursday after gunmen robbed an armored car outside a bank in western Puerto Rico, police said.
Police spokesman Jonathan Matias said two bank customers were killed when they were caught in the exchange of gunfire between the robbers and security guards. He said one security guard was wounded by several bullets and investigators believed one of the robbers might have been wounded.
The guard, identified as Anibal Acevedo, was taken to Puerto Rico's largest hospital, in the capital of San Juan. His condition was unknown late in the day, the security company Ranger American said.
Matias said police were not sure how many gunmen were involved in the robbery in the coastal town of Anasco. The robbers fled in a stolen car and made off with an undetermined amount of money, he said. The car was found several hours later, but the suspects were still on the run, police said.
FBI spokesman Carlos Osorio said the agency was taking over the case, but he did not have additional details.
The dead bystanders were identified as Ariel Nunez, 49, and Waldemar Mendez, 36, both from the nearby town of Aguada. Mendez worked as a government prison guard.
The U.S. territory of 3.4 million people reported 679 killings last year, a 16 percent increase from the previous year.
SourceMan breaks into car in the Bronx to swipe Michael Kors bag filled with pricey products.
Cops are searching for a brute with expensive taste who swiped a Michael Kors bag from a parked car after ripping off its window in the Bronx, police said Thursday.
The man spotted the bag on the passenger seat of a car parked on E. 160th St. near Courtlandt Ave. in Melrose around 12:30 p.m. March 23, cops said.
He broke in through the passenger window of the car and swiped a handbag containing a Bulova watch, Pandora bracelet and Ray Ban sunglasses before fleeing west on E. 160th St., according to officials.
Surveillance video released by cops shows the thief struggling with the window before eventually ripping it off the car.
SourceDianne G. Van Hook named National Pacesetter of the Year.
College of the Canyons (COC) Chancellor Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook was named the National Pacesetter of the Year by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) at NCMPR's national conference held in Charleston, S.C. Tuesday.
The Pacesetter award recognizes a community college president or CEO who has demonstrated leadership and support in the area of college marketing and public relations, according to NCMPR's website.
"I am honored to receive the National Pacesetter of the Year Award," Van Hook said in a press release. "Public relations and marketing are essential components of our college's ability to create quality and results-driven messaging that positively impacts our students and defines their experience at College of the Canyons."
The National Pacesetter Award is presented annually to one of NCMPR's seven district winners of the regional award, making this the second time Van Hook was recognized for efforts at the college by NCMPR.
In September 2016, Van Hook was named Pacesetter of Year for Region 6, which incorporates Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands the Territory of Guam.
"Dr. Van Hook throughout the years has been an advocate for community college, has been at the forefront for outreach for her district… and has really supported the marketing and public relations for College of the Canyons," NCMPR District 6 Director Juan Gutierrez told The Signal in October[1].
Van Hook became CEO of the Santa Clarita Community College District July 1, 1988 at 37 years old. Twenty-eight years later, Van Hook is the longest serving community college CEO in California.
Under Van Hook's leadership, COC increased its facilities square footage by five times on its two campuses. It also founded the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, named in her honor, in 2009 and established the Institute for Culinary Education in 2015.
In February 2017, COC was one of 14 colleges awarded a California College Promise Innovation Grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.
"We at College of the Canyons are very fortunate to have Dr. Van Hook as a visionary and inspirational leader," said Steve Zimmer, president of the COC Board of Trustees. "She has been able to oversee the long term growth of our college and widely communicate our student success story to our local community and throughout the entire state through the effective use of public relations and marketing."
SourceRoad rage � Russian style! Male driver is dragged from his car and dumped in the trunk of her vehicle after cutting across her (but why didn't his friends intervene?).
Male driver is involved in an apparent road rage with Siberia's strongest woman
Powerlifter Oksana Kosheleva, 34, picks him up and dumps him in her car boot
She then drove him out of the car park and threw him out on the side of the road
The incident was caught on video by friends of the driver, known only as Artyom
A male driver was caught on video incurring the apparent road rage wrath of Siberia's strongest woman after cutting in front of her in a shopping mall car park.
Powerlifter Oksana Kosheleva, 34, pulled him out of his vehicle, carried him over her shoulder, and dumped him in the boot of her own car, before giving him a kick.
She then drove him out of the car park and threw him out on the side of the road.
Fireman's lift! A male driver was caught on video incurring the apparent road rage wrath of Siberia's strongest woman after cutting in front of her in a shopping mall car park
Taken for a ride: Powerlifter Oksana Kosheleva, 34, pulled him out of his vehicle, carried him over her shoulder, and dumped him in the boot of her own car, before giving him a kick
The incident was caught on camera by the driver's friends, who don't appear too concerned by his predicament.
They fail to step in to help, while the driver - identified only as Artyom - also offers little resistance as he is bundled into the back of the car, suggesting all might not be as it seems.
Famous in Siberia for her exploits pulling trucks, trams and helicopters to show her strength, Kosheleva appeared infuriated when Artyom cut in front of her doing a handbrake turn.
His friends were filming his supposedly clever motoring skills in a car park in the Russian city of Irkutsk, in eastern Siberia, at the time.
Kosheleva said: 'It all happened suddenly. I was in this situation for the first time.
Friends of the driver - known only as Artyom - were filming his supposedly clever motoring skills in a car park in the Russian city of Irkutsk, when Kosheleva confronted him (pictured)
They fail to step in to help, while the driver - identified only as Artyom - also offers little resistance as he is bundled into the back of the car, suggesting all might not be as it seems
Famous in Siberia for her exploits pulling trucks, trams and helicopters to show her strength, Kosheleva appeared infuriated when Artyom cut in front of her doing a handbrake turn
'When he turned in front of me, I yelled at him: "What are you doing? We're in a car park!"
'He mumbled something and I came out to understand what he was talking about.
'And he started arguing with me.'
She told him: 'You should learn how to park, there are kids around.'
Kosheleva said she wanted to avoid a 'fight' with Artyom, adding: 'I simply decided to teach him a lesson, I wasn't planning to beat him up.
Kosheleva said she wanted to avo id a 'fight' with Artyom, adding: 'I simply decided to teach him a lesson, I wasn't planning to beat him up'. She bundled him into the boot of her car
Artyom didn't fight back because he had seen her training at the gym and knew her strength
In January, with the temperature at minus 21C, Kosheleva moved two trams loaded with passengers, a total weight of 36 tonnes. Earlier, she moved a 16 tonne KAMAZ truck
'I'm a woman and fights are not for me.'
Having driven him away from the scene, Kosheleva dropped Artyom off 100 metres away, she said.
Embarrassed Artyom later claimed that 'nothing happened', according to The Siberian Times[4].
He said he didn't fight back because he had previously seen her training at the gym and knew her strength.
In January, with the temperature at minus 21C, Kosheleva moved two trams loaded with passengers, a total weight of 36 tonnes.
Video shows the final moments of the three storm chasers who were killed in a car crash on Tuesday while tracking a tornado in Texas.
Victim Kelley Williamson, 57, was livestreaming his drive with Randall Delane Yarnell, 55, yesterday and it was later uploaded to his YouTube[5] account.
The more than two-hour long video ends with the two Weather Channel presenters approaching the intersection where the crash occurred.
'Man, it's just raining like a son of a gun,' are among some of Williamson's last words.
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Video shows the final moments of three storm chasers who died in a car crash in Texas on Tuesday. The above framne shows the car being driven by Kelley Williamson just before it reached the intersection where he failed to stop and hit Corbin Lee Jaeger's car
Williamson (right) was driving with Randall Delane Yarnell (left) at tthe time. They both had worked for the Weather Channel
Jaeger (pictured) pulled out into the intersection when Williamson's car ran the stop sign and struck his Jeep
Police say Williamson and Yarnell failed to stop on the intersection while heading north and struck fellow storm tracker Corbin Lee Jaege r, 25, as he pulled through the intersection from the east.
It appears the crash may have impacted the video since the footage freezes at the end but audio continues. However, the crash is not heard.
Williamson wasn't wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and was ejected from the SUV.
All three victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities said the weather had nothing to do with the crash.
Williamson wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time so he was ejected from his Suburban
All three men were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said weather did not play a factor in their deaths
The storm c hasers were following a tornado warning for Dickens County when they crashed
The Weather Channel released a statement about the deaths, saying: 'This afternoon we learned that three people died in a car accident in Texas, including two contractors for the Weather Channel, Kelley Williamson and Randy Yarnall.'
'Kelley and Randy were beloved members of the weather community. We are saddened by this loss and our deepest sympathies go out to the families and loved ones of all involved.'
The Department of Public Safety is still investigating the incident.
Corbin Lee Jaeger, 25, was also chasing a tornado in Dickens County on Tuesday when he was killed in the car crash
The Weather Channel released a statement about the deaths, saying: 'This afternoon we learned that three people died in a car accident in Texas, including two contractors for the Weather Channel, Kelley Williamson (right) and Randy Yarnall (left).'
Thunderstorms and high winds battered Texas overnight into Wednesday leaving almost 200,000 people without power, mostly around the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Homes were damaged and destroyed, trees were blown over and vehicle collisions were reported, according to ABC News[6].
In Oklahoma, a truck driver was killed after strong winds pushed hi s tractor-trailer off the interstate in El Reno, outside Oklahoma City. Forecasters confirmed a 95 mph wind gust in the area when the crash occurred.
Williamson's Suburban is pictured above after the Tuesday crash
Police show up to the scene at the remote intersection where the storm chasers crashed
The Department of Public Safety is still investigating the deadly crash on Farm Road 1081
