NEW Camry 2012

Sejak mula diperkenalkan di pasaran negara pada 1994, Toyota Camry telah mencatat pelbagai kejayaan dan membina reputasi teguh atas kualiti, ketahanan, kebolehpercayaan, dan reka bentuk.

Sehingga hari ini, lebih daripada 96,000 unit Toyota Camry telahpun terjual dan menjadi model paling laris dalam segmen Kenderaan Penumpang Bersaiz Pertengahan di Malaysia sejak 2006 dengan penguasaan pasaran 47 peratus.

Merancakkan lagi segmen sedan mewah, UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd memperkenalkan Toyota Camry serba baru menerusi tiga pilihan varian- 2.5V, 2.0G dan 2.0E. Varian tertinggi 2.5V menawarkan enjin baru 2.5 liter dengan padanan transmisi automatik enam kelajuan, manakala 2.0G dan 2.0E dilengkapi enjin 2.0 liter bersama gear automatik sequential shift.

Sesi pandu uji kali ini, Pemotoran menerima unit Camry 2.5 liter. Dari segi rekaan luaran, Toyota mengambil inisiatif menawarkan rupa luaran daripada tema Rational Tech Dynamism dengan imej yang lebih sporty. Jika sebelum ini ada mengatakan rekaan Camry lebih kepada citarasa mereka yang lebih berusia, mungkin anda perlu fikirkan semula.

Future Safety : V2V - Vehicle To Vehicle Communication

Communication is often cited as being the secret to a successful relationship. It may also be the key to preventing thousands of auto accidents every year.

Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or V2V, is the next big thing in auto safety. In a V2V system, onboard computers communicate wirelessly with each other over distances up to 1,000 feet. These computers monitor relative speeds, distances and direction of similarly equipped vehicles in the area and issue warnings to drivers when they predict a possible collision.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working with American, German and Asian automakers to set standards for commercial V2V. Right now, a yearlong test of V2V is under way in Ann Arbor, Mich., involving 3,000 cars, trucks and buses to see how well the system works. If successful, V2V could become standard equipment in all cars sold in America within a decade.

Supporters of V2V believe the system can help drivers in many ways, including:

• Warning of cars running red lights or stop signs
• Clearing drivers to make left turns in the face of oncoming traffic
• Warning drivers when passing is unsafe on two-lane roads
• Warning drivers when cars ahead of them abruptly hit their brakes
• Alerting drivers of an approaching vehicle hidden around a corner

Auto safety experts expect second-generation V2V systems to actually take control of a car if collisions appear imminent. The split-second difference between when a computer and distracted human can hit the brakes could easily mean the prevention of thousands of deaths and injuries annually.

Coupled with GPS navigation or tracking system, it will bring ultimate safety in future driving.

What To Do To Have Safe Teen Drivers

It's one of the toughest conversations you'll ever have with your teen, and it has nothing to do with birds and bees. Talking to your kids about driving is an art and a skill – and it could save their lives.

Research has shown that parents are one of the biggest forces keeping teens safe in cars. The rules parents set up, and how they're enforced, keep teens from getting into dangerous situations.

But too often, parents find themselves in one of two camps: The laissez faire group, who trust driver's ed will do its job and their teen will learn the rules of the road the hard way; and the little dictators, who blow their tops every time their teen makes a mistake behind the wheel and see yelling and screaming as an effective way to keep their teens under control.

[This is the third article in our Teen Driving Safety series. Please read Teen Drivers Making Common and Fatal Mistakes and Think Driving Schools Make Safe Drivers: Think Again.]

You want them to come home and talk

"You have to keep it an emotionally safe conversation, watching the eyeball rolling and tones of voices," says Dr. Charles Sophy, a psychiatrist who specializes in family communication. "You want them to come home and tell you if they are having problems."

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) say authoritative parents who set rules, explain why those rules are in the teen's best interest, and then set consequences when rules are broken, are the parents who have the most influence on their child's safety. The hospital hosts a web site called Teen Driver Source, which includes a section on how parents can supervise teen drivers.

Purata 50 Kecurian Kenderaan Dalam Satu Hari.

Purata kecurian kereta, lori dan van setiap 2 bulan adalah sekitar 3,000 unit. Sekiranya dijumlahkan untuk setahun, secara kasar kecurian boleh mencecah sekitar 18,000 unit setahun dan kalau di kira secara minggu atau hari, terdapat sekitar 346 kecurian setiap minggu atau sekitar 50 kecurian setial hari. 

Carta statistik dari PDRM di bawah untuk index jenayah boleh dirujuk pada bahagian jenayah harta benda.

Untuk perlindungan tambahan dan untuk kemungkinan mendapatkan kembali kenderaan yang dicuri, disarankan penggunaan GPS tracking dipilih sebagai langkah yang terbaik.

Shell Malaysia Told To Cancel Contest

Posted on July 2, 2012 at 7:10 pm

Shell Malaysia has been instructed by the government to cancel its recently-launched promotion which gives away RM60,000 each week. The promotion goes against government guidelines concerning products which are subsidized, in this case RON95 petrol and also diesel.

The promotion began last Thursday and it is not known how Shell Malaysia will handle entries by customers in the past few days as its statement this evening only says ‘for customers who had participated, a separate communication will be issued at a later date’.

Though there is no specific regulation forbidding petrol companies from having promotions to draw more customers, there has been an understanding that there should not be promotions or incentives given for the purchase of fuels as they are subsidized products. This is not something new and as far back as the mid-1980s, the first controversy started when Shell Malaysia offered a house as the top prize in a fuel-related promotion. Until then, all the other petrol companies had been abiding by the guideline but as a result, the other companies also quickly responded by running promotions of their own and the ministry had to step in and put a stop, reminding all parties not to do such promotions.

The government does not want companies to have promotions or sales incentives for subsidized fuels, eg Shell FuelSave 95

It is not known why, in recent years, fuel-related promotions have been running again and why the ministry did not take action to stop them. However, it is evident now that the authorities are acting and according to an industry source, a memo was sent to all oil companies last month to remind them that they cannot have any promotions that give instant rewards (mineral water, soap, tissue paper, etc) or even contests which relate to subsidized fuels.

The reason is understandable – encouraging people to buy more subsidized fuel will also mean more money spent on subsidies when motorists should instead be trying to reduce fuel consumption. As mentioned earlier, there is no regulation but the industry source suggested that failure to follow such ‘administrative guidance’ would not be in the interests of the company’s business.

Loyalty programs (with points given for purchases) are also a gray area and though Shell’s participation in the Bonuslink program does give its customers points for their fuel purchases which can be redeemed for products or services, a senior executive at Shell Malaysia asserted some years ago that it does not contravene the guidelines.

Malang Pencuri Buta IT

Oleh Safuri Kamarudin
am@hmetro.com.my

     

MALANG...anggota polis menahan dua lelaki terbabit.

BALING: Akibat tidak mahir dengan peralatan canggih, tindakan dua lelaki melarikan sebuah kenderaan pacuan empat roda tanpa mematikan alat sistem pengesanan global (GPS), membawa padah apabila mereka ditahan di persimpangan lampu isyarat Pekan Baling, di sini, semalam.

Kejadian berlaku jam 11.45 pagi apabila kenderaan Toyota Hilux yang dilarikan daripada pemiliknya di Sungai Siput Utara, Ipoh, Perak, dikesan berada di kawasan Baling sebelum dimaklumkan kepada pihak polis untuk tindakan.

Berdasarkan maklumat, sepasukan anggota polis diketuai Pegawai Perisikan dan Operasi Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Daerah Baling, Inspektor Abd Aziz Mat Resof, menahan dua lelaki berusia 30 dan 34 tahun berkenaan selepas bergelut selama 10 minit.

Sumber berkata, sebelum itu kedua-dua suspek berkenaan dipercayai mencuri kenderaan terbabit jam 3.40 pagi sebelum memandu tanpa arah tujuan sehingga ke Alor Setar dan berpatah semula ke Pendang sebelum tiba di Baling.

Car Theft Happen SO Easy

Watch how easy and unexpectedly a car can be stolen from you right in front of you and others under a bright light during the day time. Dont let yourself caught in this kind of situation.

Below is another car stealing crime situation. Do what this car owner do.. let go and think about your safety. Let the thief take your car but not your life.

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