Some Jamaicans now living in Japan, who aced the driving test at home, are finding it hard to do so in the Land of the Rising Sun, forcing them to give up on getting a driver's licence there. Claiming frustration with the Japanese driving exam, they have resigned themselves to the bicycle or train.
Despite the absence of Doug Gore from this year's Easter Monday meet at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, the struggle for supremacy seems to be getting more intense as rival drivers prepare to do battle.
The majority of local new-car dealers remain unaffected by global car recalls which, in other automotive markets, continue to disrupt the brands they represent in Jamaica.
Doug Gore has got an opportunity of a lifetime, to demonstrate his superb driving skills to the world on the track with renowned Formula One race driver Lewis Hamilton. Because of this, Gore - the Caribbean's champion driver - and his Audi TT will be absent from Dover Raceway on Easter Monday, April 21, when the local 2014 circuit racing season begins.
The Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) has developed a Replacement Driver Programme through which persons can be transported to any location in Jamaica by certified and trained JAA drivers. This can be done using the client's own motor vehicle or in a JAA unit.
Effective tomorrow, subfranchise buses operating in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) will be monitored by an executive inspectorate team. The Joint Caucus of Transport Operators (JCTO) said Thursday that the team has been developed to keep an eye on the conduct of its own crews in the KMTR.
A Transit Police Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force will be introduced shortly in the Kingston Metropolitan Region. The lawmen will enforce the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) regulations governing the subfranchise system.
President of the Jamaica Used-Car Dealers' Association (JUCDA), Lynvalle Hamilton, is looking to the Government and banks to help alleviate the pressure used-car dealers are facing.
Campion College schoolboy Thomas Issa and Colin Daley Jr of St George's College turned in superb performances during the Florida Winter Tour in the United States last weekend.
New JianghuAi Automobile Company (JAC) passenger vehicles, made in China, have been introduced to Jamaica through authorised dealer Doyle Motor Company. Laurence Doyle, CEO, is confident that the brand can compete in the local new-car dealership marketplace.
Garfield Coke does not own a car, but he cannot help but hear the complaints of motorists about high and climbing fuel prices. So the 2011 University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), graduate in enterprise computing drew on his skills to create the Fuel Finder application, currently available for devices on the android platform.
Last week Friday, customers and friends of King Midas Mufflers were feted to the opening of the movie Need for Speed, held at the Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew.
Over the past few weeks, Automotives has related the stories of persons who have been in serious motor-vehicle crashes and survived. The common thread is their happiness at simply being alive. Today, we end the Crash Survivor series with the story of Dr Jephthah Ford.
The Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank), recently staged another successful blood drive at the JGRA's offices in King's Plaza, Constant Spring Road, St Andrew.
The title holders in the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA)/Grace Kennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships will be heading to this week's defence in style. Popularly known simply as 'Champs', the immensely popular track and field meet will be held at the National Stadium, St Andrew, from March 25 to 29.
BEIJING (AP):China's auto sales rose 11.3 per cent in the first two months of this year, but local brands suffered a decline in a sign of intense competition in the world's biggest auto market, an industry group reported last week.
The Ministry of National Security has indicated that a number of the challenges affecting the current traffic ticketing system will be addressed through amendments of the Road Traffic Act.
"I was close to ghost, close to ghost, but I was saved by the Holy Ghost" is how dancehall deejay Tommy Lee Sparta describes in song surviving a car crash late last year.
In light of what he says is the shrinking number of vehicles being imported into the island by used-car dealers, Carmax Managing Director Ian Lyn has decided to enter the pre-owned certified segment of the automotive...
The 2014 Toyota Corolla was recently launched at Devon House, St Andrew, by Toyota Jamaica, authorised dealers for new models of the popular vehicle line in Jamaica.
Driver monitoring remains important to companies which seek to ensure the safety of designated drivers assigned to their fleet. KingAlarm and Columbus Communications are two companies which focus on monitoring.
As a result of the continued devaluation of the Jamaican currency against the benchmark US dollar, battery prices in Jamaica tend to be a bit higher than generally found globally.
