Police in Mississauga, Ontario are looking for a suspect in a hit-and-run accident in which the culprit caused a 180-degree spin before fleeing the scene. Talk about no more Mr. Nice Guy, eh?Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
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Chicago Police Close Down a City Block For a Homemade Toy Car
Tuesday morning police in Chicago shut down a block of automobile and pedestrian traffic for a “suspicious package” at 247 South State street near a DePaul University off-campus building. Chicago’s Red Line was also closed down as it runs directly under State. The object, as you can see in the photo above, is a can […]
YouTuber Arrested After Uploading Video of Him Attempting 180 MPH in a Mustang
Beau Alan Rogel of Rankin County, Mississippi has a habit of livestreaming his activities on YouTube. One recent stream of his showed him attempt and claim to hit 180 mph on public roads in his 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 before getting pulled over by the cops.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The Jeep Grand Cherokee You Never Knew: Inside Russia’s Wild ’90s and the SUV That Ruled Its Roads
On a cold afternoon in late January, I pulled into an industrial side-street of Saint Petersburg. There, I met with a man who I’ll refer to as “Oleg.”Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Parking Lot Standoff Achieves Peak Pettiness
Lawrence, Kansas police recently responded to a “road rage” call that quickly revealed itself as a pointless parking lot standoff between two people too childish to move out of each other’s way. The police department took to Twitter yesterday to describe the idiotic situation, and to dunk on the individuals involved. Read more… Continue Reading […]
No, Officer, Those Are Speed Holes
Cops in Wales are looking for someone, or uh, some thing, that left a pick axe embedded in the hood of a street-parked Citroën DS 3 on Feb. 5. Whether this was an attempt at modern art, some creepy supernatural omen, or just the work someone who saw a clip of Homer Simpson adding “speed […]
Papua New Guinea Needs Its Cars Back
Some folks in economically-struggling Papua New Guinea weren’t thrilled when their leadership approved the acquisition of expensive Maserati Quattroportes and other vehicles to drive around foreign leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last November. And now that the event has long concluded,…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Don’t Be the Asshole Who Stops Interstate Traffic to Do Donuts
I can’t believe that there are people out there who still need to hear this, but here it is again: The middle of an interstate is not the place to have your street race meet up. Unfortunately, some dicks thought the I-24 in Antioch, Tennessee was the ideal location to rip out a few donuts, […]
Police Pull Over a Box Truck With a Ram Pickup Squeezed Almost Impossibly Tight Inside
On Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol’s Modesto team posted to its Facebook page a picture of a Ram 1500 squeezed tightly inside a box truck. It’s an impressive scene that left many commenters scratching their heads. Who did this and why? How did the driver get out of the pickup? Luckily, the Modesto Bee talked…Read more… Continue […]
Man Caught Stealing Houston Couple’s Van for Other Crimes, Returning It Every Night
In the kind of situation that would make anyone think they were imagining things, Houston-area resident Beverly Havard started noticing changes to her van each time she got in: An out-of-place seat, some adjusted mirrors—you know, things that could easily feel imagined.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Man Fails to Steal Manual Honda Civic Hours After Other Failed Robbery Where Cashier ‘Didn’t Take Him Seriously’
In a plot that couldn’t have been scripted better in a Saturday-morning cartoon, an Alabama man failed to rob a store last week when a cashier didn’t take him seriously. Hours later, he tried to steal a Honda Civic and failed, again, because he couldn’t figure out its manual transmission.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Renault Might Have Paid $57,000 Toward Carlos Ghosn’s Wedding
Former Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, arrested in November on allegations of financial misconduct, is awaiting trial in a Tokyo jail without bail. The Lebanonese government even gifted a mattress to Ghosn last year, since he was reportedly sleeping on a mat. But oh, how different things were a few years ago, when Ghosn…Read more… Continue […]
Teen Goes 153 MPH in an Audi, Don’t Be This Teen
Monday night on a public road outside of Toronto, a 19-year-old took an Audi up to 246 kilometers per hour, or about 153 mph, all right in front of police, who pulled him over and promptly impounded the Audi. Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Something Here Is Missing
It can be easy to put off scheduled maintenance longer than we should. Oil change? It can wait. Other fluids? You’ll get to it. Brake pads? The car still stops, for now. Tires? Who needs ‘em, when a perfectly good metal wheel is already right there?Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Manager of Canadian Nissan Dealership Vandalizes Cars at a Nearby Nissan Dealership
This whole story reads like a Shakespearian tragedy, with two branches of the same family feuding, but instead of a family it’s Nissan dealerships and instead of duels to the death its keying cars and instead of being set in Verona or wherever it’s in Orilla, a town about two hours from Toronto, Canada. In […]
Suspect Charged In 7-Year-Old Houston Girl’s Murder, But The ‘Red Truck’ Everyone Had Been Seeking Wasn’t Involved
Earlier this week, law enforcement officials in the Houston area put out a call to the public seeking help identifying a pickup truck and its driver sought in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl. The girl, second grader Jazmine Barnes, was killed when the gunman opened fire on her family’s vehicle near a Walmart…Read […]
Highway Thieves in Italy Block Police With Burning Trucks, Peel Open Van With Backhoe, Get Away With $2.6 Million
Thieves in Italy managed to get away with over $2 million after orchestrating an absurd, Fast and Furious-esque heist involving burning semi-trucks and backhoes ripping the roof off an armored van, Reuters and a number of Italian news sites write. Here’s a look at what reportedly happened in this wild Italian Job.Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Help ID This Truck Sought in the Murder of a 7-Year-Old Houston Girl
A grainy surveillance photo of a red pickup truck is key to finding a suspect who police say opened fire on a family in the Houston area this weekend, killing a 7-year-old girl. Let’s see if we can help figure out what they’re even looking for.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Florida Man Gets Pulled Over for Speeding, Realizes Cops Can’t Search What They Can’t Open
Thinking on your feet isn’t easy to do, and even when a time-constrained idea fails, there’s solace in that you tried instead of freezing up. That was the case with a Florida man pulled over for speeding on Christmas Eve, who decided it would be smart to throw his keys in the car and lock […]
Car Stolen From Airport Parking Lot, Returned to Same Lot a Few Months Later
There are a few tips and tricks you learn over years of writing, reporting and reading about car theft, such as if you’re going to take off in someone’s ride, you maybe shouldn’t steal the car in the first place if you’re going to bring it back. On that note, you maybe just shouldn’t steal […]