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Malibu’s PCH Speed Cameras Logged 100,000 Violations in Nine Days. Now the City Is Rechecking the Speed Limit
Malibu’s PCH speed cameras logged about 100,000 violations in a nine-day test. The city’s own 2025 data predicted it, and a study of Eastern Malibu’s 45 mph limit could change what counts as speeding.
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Tesla Retires the “Full Self-Driving” Name in Europe After Germany Objected. It’s Now “Tesla Assisted Driving”
For nearly a decade, Tesla has defended the words “Full Self-Driving” against regulators, lawyers, and plain English. It just gave them up in Europe, and it got something in return. Tesla’s European websites now sell the product as “Tesla Assisted Driving.” Typing in the old German FSD page sends you straight to the renamed version.…
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Denver Can Ticket a Parked Waymo. When One Breaks Traffic Laws, Colorado Law Names No One to Cite
Colorado’s 2017 self-driving law makes robotaxis follow the rules of the road but never says who gets the ticket when one breaks them.
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A Loose Fuel Tube Is Sending 106,000 Land Cruisers Back to Toyota Dealers
Toyota spent years convincing Americans to pay serious money for a nameplate built on the promise that nothing ever breaks. Now the reborn Land Cruiser has a fire-risk recall tied to a part you could hold in one hand. Toyota filed the recall on October 14. It covers about 106,000 U.S. Land Cruisers from model…
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Cartels Love U.S. Rental Trucks for One Reason: The Theft Paperwork Is Slower Than the Drive to Mexico
Cartels rent pickups and SUVs in the U.S. and drive them into Mexico while theft-reporting rules run days behind. California changed its law in January, and the rental industry says it’s still losing trucks.
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Alexandria Seminary Road Camera’s Bad Tickets Climb to 834 After Audit
The first number was 115. The real number is 834. In August, the Alexandria Police Department admitted that the eastbound school-zone speed camera on Seminary Road, outside Francis C. Hammond Middle School, had issued 115 citations outside its legal enforcement window between August 18, 2025, and February 26, 2026. On October 7, the city updated…
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Watch: A Sacramento Garage Camera Caught a 1970 Chevelle Leaving in About 2½ Minutes, Then a Retired CHP Investigator Spotted a “Dad” Shirt
A stolen 1970 Chevelle left a South Sacramento garage in about 2½ minutes on camera. What California law says about the burglary, the car and a “Dad” shirt.
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The 2027 F-150 V8 Loses the Feature the EPA Stopped Paying For and Keeps the One the Test Still Counts
Ford is dropping auto start-stop from the 2027 F-150 5.0-liter V8 and keeping cylinder deactivation. The federal off-cycle credit rules explain the split.
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NHTSA Questions GM’s Sierra Grille Fix Across 535,639 Pickups
GM already fixed this grille once. Twenty-one owners say it came off anyway. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened recall query RQ26003 on October 9, 2026, covering an estimated 535,639 GMC Sierra 1500 pickups from the 2022 through 2024 model years. The subject is the upper grille deflector, the wide trim bar across the top…
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AAA Ran EVs, Hybrids and Gas Cars Through the Same Math. Hybrids Won Every Class.
AAA’s 2026 Your Driving Costs study found hybrids cheapest to own in all four classes it compared. EVs saved $1,500 or more a year on fuel, then lost it to projected depreciation.
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Cartel Recruits Buy the Damage Waiver, Then Leave the Key. California Lets Rental Fleets Void It, and They Still Eat the Loss
Straw renters recruited online buy the damage waiver and leave the key for a driver headed to Mexico. California lets fleets void that waiver, but self-insured rental companies still absorb the loss.
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Mercedes S-Class Brake Hose Recall Grows to 30,078 Cars, Maybach and AMG Included
Mercedes-Benz first blamed muggy weather. Now it’s blaming the hose itself. Mercedes-Benz USA has expanded its front brake hose recall for the 223-generation S-Class to 30,078 cars, according to its Part 573 filing with NHTSA (recall 26V638). That’s roughly 10,000 more than the first round, and the new campaign covers every U.S. car built from…
