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Dan ElsomSport Reporter

Dan is a sports reporter for news.com.au with a particular passion for rugby, UFC and American sports. He got his first gig with News while still at uni, surprising himself and his teachers alike. An avid rugby player, Dan is most easily recognised in the office sporting a recent black eye, and is one half of the news.com.au red-headed sports dream team.More from Dan Elsom

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On the road

An artist's impression of how the lanes could operate

Simple answer to road rule headache

TENS of thousands of Australians have signed a petition pushing to ban a “hazardous” road rule, but this could be an easier and more effective solution.

Inventions

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York. Musk, whoâ€™s been known for his quirky behavior, came under scrutiny after the conference call for Teslaâ€™s quarterly earnings Wednesday, May 2, 2018 went awry. He was criticized for cutting off two analysts that asked about the electric vehicle and solar panel companyâ€™s cash needs and orders for its Model-3. Musk called the questions â€œdryâ€ and â€œnot cool.â€ (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Elon Musk’s gruesome prediction

TESLA boss Elon Musk is usually at the forefront of emerging technology. But when it comes to flying cars, the billionaire businessman has a grim outlook.

Motoring news

The bottles actually held the weight of the car quite well

Man replaces tyre with Coke bottles

WHAT do you do if you are caught with a flat tyre and no spare in sight? One man has tried to answer that with 18 bottles of Coke and five rolls of tape.

Motoring news

Top five rip-off tactics used by dodgy mechanics

THERE are a number dodgy tactics car repairers use to rip-off unsuspecting drivers, here’s the top five and how to avoid them.

Motoring news

ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES FOR REUSE - Cars found trapped in Edinburghâ€™s â€˜robot car parkâ€™ 15 years after "SkyPark" closed in 2003. Vehicles imprisoned in a disused robotic car park for more than a decade are set to be preserved by demolition crews after work to redevelop the building got underway. Jan 23 2018. See Centre Press story CPCARS; Eight vehicles stuck in a disused robotic car park for more than a decade will be preserved by demolition crews. The Â£5 million Autosafe "SkyPark" was hailed as Britainâ€™s "most technologically advanced car park" when it opened in Edinburgh in 2001. But the tenure of the car park was short-lived after the company that operated it went into receivership in 2003. It was rumoured at the time that administrators had simply arrived one day to lock the doors, leaving dozens of cars trapped inside. And now, new pictures from a building opposite the site in the centre of Edinburgh show a "time capsuleâ€ with vehicles which look to be models from the late 1990s. Picture: SWNS/Mega

Mystery of robotic car park solved

EIGHT cars were frozen in time after being locked in a car park in 2003, now the mysterious circumstances surrounding have finally been revealed.

Health & Safety

Young woman having lunch in airplane.Plane food, Susie Burrell, Daily Escape

NASA reveals health risk of flying

WE ALL know air travel isn’t without its health hazards. But frequent flyers could find themselves exposed to a danger they might not expect.

Flights

##CHECK LEGALS BEFORE USE## Security Scare at Brisbane Domestic Aiport -

Always pick the security line on left

WANT to get through the dreaded airport security lines faster? This simple trick can help you avoid the longest queues.

Design

Porsche have launched their new yacht worth $20.5million - with only seven to be made. Picture: Dynamiq

Porsche’s ultra rare $21m super yacht

AFTER keeping fans waiting for months, Porsche has finally launched its hybrid super yacht — and the water bird is certainly opulent.

Mobile Phones

The new iPhone 8. Picture: Benjamin Geskin / Twitter

Brilliant iPhone hack to free up space

IF YOU’RE constantly finding yourself running out of storage space on your iPhone, this simple trick can help you reclaim hundreds of megabytes for free.

Social Media

Career management coach and author Jane Jackson, also the author of Navigating CAREER CROSSROADS says the recruitment process has changed dramatically in recent years with employers and employees often communicating through social media platforms like LinkedIn

Eight hidden Facebook Messenger features

FROM encypted messages to holiday planning, there are a number of very handy features you might have missed on your Facebook Messenger.

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