<![CDATA[Jalopnik: belarus]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: belarus]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/belarus http://jalopnik.com/tag/belarus <![CDATA[ In Belarus, Police Make Road Block Out of You! ]]> Bad-Cop-No-Donut.jpgUnder orders to stop a drunk driver at all costs, police officers in Belarus stopped four civilian cars and ordered them to form a line across the road — acting as a roadblock. As brilliant a plan as this is, it failed to take into consideration that the drunk driver would be crashing into the makeshift barrier, placing six people including a child in harms way. Thankfully, after the inevitable crash, all of the unlucky drivers were fine and the drunk was caught and is now recovering in the hospital. We're wondering if those Belarussian cops were drunk themselves when they came up with this plan. [Russia Today]

]]> Jalopnik-383001 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:20:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383001&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Iran to Nearly Double Auto Production by 2015 ]]> Last year, the Islamic Republic of Iran churned out 1.1 million vehicles. By 2015, they hope to hit the magic two mil mark. According to Manouchehr Manteghi of Iran's largest automaker, Irankhodo, the sanctions imposed due to the nation's nucular program haven't stayed technological progress, but they have made sourcing funding more difficult. Nevertheless, Irankhodo's working on plans for production lines in Belarus, Azerbaijan, Venezuela and Syria, as well as expanding Renault Logan production to 300,000 units.

Iran plans to produce two million cars by 2015 [Forbes]

Related:
Tehran Mandates Dual-Fuel Cars by July 23 [Internal]

]]> Jalopnik-277337 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EDT Davey G. Johnson http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=277337&view=rss&microfeed=true