An Abilene, Texas Jeep Liberty owner received a warning from police for his absolutely inexplicable decision to strap an entire washing machine to his hood, completely obscuring his vision ahead of the car. The Jeep has a seemingly intact roof rack, on a seemingly intact roof. Why didn’t he strap it to the roof? What…Read […]
We see cars like this Peugeot 206 pulled over every now and again, and I’ll admit I have pretty complex feelings when I see these. Part of me thinks it’s insane and dangerous as hell to drive a car in this condition on a public road. And that part is right. But there’s another, stupider […]
Even if we assume that, at some level, pretty much every elected official sucks and will find some way to take unfair advantage of their position while in office, you still hope the people who make up your government have at least the minimal amount of intelligence to not be stupid about it. That’s clearly […]
Look, just because you’re driving a $100,000 supercar doesn’t mean you don’t have to drive along at a snail’s pace like the rest of us plebeians. No no, you too have to suck it up as all of those 500+ horsepower go to waste. And if you don’t—as these people near Niagara Falls, Canada didn’t—your […]
Sometimes, you have to wonder if people in Florida want to keep the “Florida man” joke alive, thus continually passing the baton on depicting caricatures of human stupidity. A new Florida man, when stopped by cops recently, claimed he wasn’t drinking and driving because he only drank bourbon while stopped.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
A woman in Cornwall, Ontario accidentally drove away in someone’s Infiniti after mistaking it for her Nissan rental car, the local police posted on Facebook. After two weeks, she returned what she though was her rental car, and complained about how “unkept” it was before realizing her mistake. Here’s how the Canadian…Read more… Continue Reading […]
The feds on Monday criminally charged a former Apple employee with theft of trade secrets, claiming the ex-staffer attempted to download a blueprint for a self-driving car to a personal laptop, before trying to flee the country and join a new startup in China.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
In numerous states, by simply being poor, you run the risk of losing your driver’s license. But in a win for advocates of the poor, a federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that that state’s law violates the Constitution, according to the New York Times.Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
The basic gist the auto industry’s shift toward big honking vehicles is that, as a result of cheap gas and a decent economy, car buyers are now totally hooked on SUVs. But there’s an untold side to that equation, as an investigation by the Detroit Free Press and USA Today recently found: more pedestrian deaths, […]
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in Florida is investigating a homicide that occurred this week where two men shot and killed a construction worker. It released a surveillance video of the suspects’ getaway car and has offered a reward to anyone who can help lead investigators to their identification and arrest.Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Massachusetts police pulled over a GMC Sonoma after spotting a tower of chairs and office equipment precariously fastened to the truck’s bed. Then, five days later, police pulled over the same truck. For the same reason. Except instead of chairs and desks, the precarious load was trees. Honestly, I’m not sure if I…Read more… Continue […]
Massachusetts police pulled over a GMC Sonoma after spotting a tower of chairs and office equipment precariously fastened to the truck’s bed. Then, five days later, police pulled over the same truck. For the same reason. Except instead of chairs and desks, the precarious load was trees. Honestly, I’m not sure if I…Read more… Continue […]
Though it seems hard to believe, violent crime rates in Mexico have skyrocketed in some areas to their highest levels ever, and further to the south in Brazil, declining crime rates have failed to convince the country’s wealthiest citizens that things are getting safer. In both nations, we now see conditions that are…Read more… Continue […]
The most recent form of dangerous street racing currently plaguing Los Angeles are “sideshows,” which is where a large number of spectators and drivers take over intersections to watch cars perform stunts like donuts and burnouts. A few such sideshows took place over the weekend, drawing hundreds of onlookers.Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
I don’t break things that cost money for giggles and I’ve never had a situation when I actually needed to punch out a car window, so I can’t tell you if it’s difficult or not. But I can tell you that a Wisconsin dealership salesperson apparently punched a window out of a car being stolen, […]
If I were a car thief, which I’m not, I wouldn’t sell my stolen goods on Craigslist. And yet, a guy from Memphis was arrested on Monday for doing just that, according to police. The car in question? A BMW i8, offered for the low price of $87,000. Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
If you’re doing anything that can be categorized as “road rage,” it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re at least struggling with assholeism. This guy in Austin, Texas, though, appears to be so overtaken by chronic assholeism that he’s committed one of the stupidest road rage acts I’ve ever seen.Read more… Continue Reading at http://jalopnik.com
A woman who accused Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen and a member of his entourage of sexually assaulting her at a bar during Montreal’s 2015 Grand Prix weekend is now the subject of a police complaint from Raikkonen claiming harassment and extortion, according to reports. But the woman who made the allegations on…Read more… Continue […]
An arrest warrant for a street racing Ford Mustang driver shows that the driver was going 102 mph before hitting a mother pushing her child in a stroller last week in Tampa, Florida, reports the Tampa Bay Times. The speed limit on the road was only 40 mph, and both the mother and child died […]
