Sideswipe: What's that on the roof?

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Ian reckons this probably wasn't the best place for the car in front of him to stop.

Ian reckons this probably wasn't the best place for the car in front of him to stop.

"Luckily they were able to judge the distance of the train tracks better than the distance of the barrier, which was resting on the roof of their car."

Cabbies outdo Google

Taxi drivers should know their cities and so, according to Fast Company, Microsoft has found a way to pick cabbies' brains in China. They collected GPS data from 33,000 cabs and, the researchers say, the routes produced by their system are faster than 60 per cent of those suggested by Google Maps - saving about five minutes, on average, on what would otherwise be a 30-minute drive.

Not drinking but still busted

Officials at Ohio's Cardinal High School suspended cheerleader Bree Vargo for two games after they found a Facebook photograph of her holding a beer bottle at a family wedding. Bree's mother says she wasn't drinking beer, but school officials say that doesn't matter, even holding a beer violates the school's no-alcohol policy.

Only TV busking allowed

Tony spotted a sign outside the Countdown supermarket at Three Kings saying: "No buskers, hawkers or traders permitted." Amusing, considering their new commercial started airing a few nights ago showing a girl busking outside a Countdown using her mum's store card as a pick to play her guitar, he says.

Drivers need training

A reader writes: Can Atlas Concrete please tell their truck drivers that throwing out banana peels at peak hour on the bridge is both discourteous and distracting?

Early start with the calls

Andrew got a telemarketing call from Contact Energy. At 10am. On a Sunday. "I'd barely got up!" he cries. "How many other people did they rudely awaken this morning?"