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After months of speculation, Daimler has reportedly decided to phase out Maybach. Citing high-ranking sources, Autocar is reporting Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche will axe the brand in order to focus more attention on Mercedes. As one insider commented, "We've come to the conclusion that it is better to cut our losses with Maybach than to continue into an uncertain future with a brand that has failed to live up to original sales expectations." If everything pans out, the last Maybachs will be built in early 2013. To fill the gap, Mercedes will reportedly offer a new S600 Pullman. Source: AutoCar

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read this article. i do agree it MIGHT cut the buses travel time but by doing so, will it not c0ck up the rest of the road users travel time?? i understand the authorities are trying to make our public transport WORLD CLASS dun they already have the sacred Bus Lane liao? yes... there are mention of road widening at trial area but if it's a 'success', will all roads be widened with this implementation?? i doubt so lor.. then if it c0ck up everyone's travel time, jam here and jam there they implement ERP all over is it? sorry... this just bug me and dun for one min think i'm against public transport. i'm not. cos i do take MRT or buses into CBD area when i have meeting within CBD. ERP and parking costs is too much sometimes for a day meeting. however, wat irk me is having one solution that very likely might create another problem is plain the phrase 'use your blain .. use your blain' comes to mind. cheers --- From ST Online: MR JOHNNY Liew has a problem that slows him down every day. When the SBS Transit driver tries to get his bus into or out of a bus bay, he has to wait...and wait. 'Cars and taxis always block my way when I am entering or leaving - they never follow the 'Give way to exiting buses' sign displayed on the back of the bus,' said the 32-year-old who has been driving buses for the past six years. 'It really messes up my schedule.' An internal survey conducted by SBS Transit indicates that Mr Liew has a point. It found that 9 per cent of buses' travelling time is spent waiting for motorists to give way to them to enter and exit the bays. So the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has come up with a possible solution: doing away with bus bays altogether. Later this year, it will begin a trial along Jalan Eunos where buses will just stop by the side of the road - and not in bays. This will allow them to move off immediately as they will not be attempting to cut into traffic while trying to enter or leave a bay. Vehicles travelling behind the buses will have to wait or move to another lane. LTA chief Yam Ah Mee, who announced the trial yesterday, said: 'Today, average bus speeds during peak hours are around 17km per hour. We expect the new bus stops to increase average bus speeds by about 30 per cent, to about 25km per hour.' If the year-long trial - to be conducted together with road widening works in Jalan Eunos - is successful, the days could be numbered for bus bays all over Singapore, said Brigadier-General (NS) Yam. Jalan Eunos was selected for the trial because of its heavy traffic flow, which includes about 50 to 60 bus services an hour. The road-widening project, to be completed in 2009, will create an additional lane on both sides of the road. The bay-less stops - which the LTA refers to as 'linear bus stops' - will not affect the usual restrictions on bus lanes, which themselves figure in the authority's efforts to shorten commuters' journey times. The LTA will from this April expand the use of full-day bus lanes - currently out of bounds to motorists between 7.30am and 8pm on all days except Sunday - from the one in Orchard Road to five other locations in the city area. Other steps to tackle long waiting times, overcrowding and long travel times include allowing more premium bus services to provide direct routes to the city with the promise of a seat. Then there is the 'Move to the rear' campaign, which BG Yam launched at Pasir Ris Interchange yesterday. It will remind passengers to move to the rear so that more people can board the bus. Fifty-six buses on three services - 15, 27 and 36 - will have an onboard announcement system which will encourage people to move to the back of the bus. While this will help, what many bus drivers really want is the doing away of bus bays across the island. SBS Transit's Mr Liew told The Straits Times: 'It will definitely save time for me, as I won't have to waste time waiting for motorists to give way. As soon as commuters board, I can quickly continue on my route.' His passengers will most probably agree.

... can someone go and shoot this old faggot named Bernie Eccelestone He is maknig a total mess of F1 .... KILL HIM LET GOD SORT HIM OUT ... BRDC statement over British GP decision Club ask Ecclestone to reconsider his decision The following is a statement from the BRDC over the decision to remove Silverstone from the provisional 2005 Formula One Calendar. The BRDC point out that they do not enjoy levels of support from the government enjoyed by rival nations and calls for Formula One Management President Bernie Ecclestone to reconsider his decision before the Calendar is ratified on October 13th.