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Researcher Shut Off a Moving BYD’s Headlights From the Roadside, Then Used Its Speakers to Get Siri to Read Out the Driver’s Home Address
A researcher sat on the shoulder of a road outside Canberra with a laptop and switched off the headlights of a moving BYD Shark 6. There was a reporter at the wheel. The stunt was staged for Australia’s ABC and its investigative program Four Corners, which handed the plug-in hybrid ute to Dan Hreszczuk, co-founder…
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Minnesota Cops Declined to Chase a Stolen Car Seen Going Over 70 MPH, Then It Crossed a Moorhead Golf Course and Stopped in a Pond
Moorhead, Minnesota, police let a stolen car go in May, and it ended in a golf course pond. In 2014, they chased a pickup across the city’s other course.
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Police Spent Weeks Identifying Riders From Street Takeover. 18 Are Charged, and 15 Charge Sheets Say ‘Breach of Peach.’
Police say about 200 riders took over part of Newington’s Berlin Turnpike in July, with some cutting across store property. Eighteen arrests later, the charge sheet has a fruit problem.
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Someone Filmed a Corvette’s Speedometer Hitting 301 km/h in Nova Scotia and Posted It. Now the RCMP Wants the Driver’s Name.
There was no radar gun and no traffic stop. The main evidence is a Corvette’s own dashboard reading 301 km/h, filmed from inside the car and posted online.
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‘He’s Looking at the Sky.’ Louisiana Police Measured a Squatted Truck at 13 Inches Nose-Up, Then Towed It After Its Second Ticket in Three Days.
Central, Louisiana police say a squatted pickup measuring 13 inches nose-high was ticketed and towed three days after the sheriff’s office cited the same driver.
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A Chevy With Red-and-Blue Dash Lights Pulled Over a Tesla; DPS Says the Driver Wasn’t a Cop. Now He Faces Kidnapping Charges.
Arizona DPS says a man with dash-mounted red and blue lights in a Chevy pickup pulled over a Tesla on I-17. Here is what happened and how to check if a stop is real.
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A $999 Box Promises Hands-Free Driving. Its Own Code Says ‘THIS IS NOT A PRODUCT.’ Now NHTSA Is Investigating Crashes That Killed Three.
comma sells a $999 box that sticks to your windshield, plugs into your car’s wiring and promises hands-free highway driving. Federal regulators now want to know why some cars wearing one ran into traffic that was stopped or crawling in their own lane. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE26007 on September 21,…
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Florida Driver Accused of Ramming a Trooper’s Car in a 100 MPH I-75 Chase, Then the State Moved to Take the Silverado
FHP says the driver rammed a trooper’s car twice on I-75. Thirteen days later, the state filed to forfeit the 2020 Silverado, which has a second registered owner.
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NHTSA Closed Its Jeep Fire Probe. A Million Wranglers and Gladiators Still Can’t Park in the Garage.
NHTSA closed its fire probe into 1.08 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators. FCA’s own recall filing shows why owners still need to park outside.
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Two Years Ago, Running From a Missouri Trooper Could End in Probation. This Driver Got Spun Out at 110 MPH and 3 Years, the First With No Parole.
Bryan Noyola-Delacruz ran from a Missouri trooper at 110 mph on I-35 in January. It ended with his car spun out and a trooper’s gun on him, and now he’s headed to state prison for three years, the first 12 months of it with no shot at parole. The Kansas City man admitted one count…
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Ford’s Wet Timing Belt Case Went From 44 Complaints to 1,299. The Part That Clogs Can’t Be Reached Without Pulling the Engine.
NHTSA’s probe into Ford’s 1.0-liter EcoBoost grew from 10,473 cars to 135,551. Two months later there’s still no recall. Here’s what the federal file says owners and used-car buyers need to know.
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The New Fuel Economy Rules Carry a $0 Fine. The Part That Actually Matters Is Buried 700 Pages Deep.
The fine for missing the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is zero dollars. Congress set it there in July 2025, starting with 2022 models. The final rule Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday simply writes that zero into federal regulations. Yet you won’t find that detail in the Transportation Department’s announcement, which leads…
