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6,400 Texas Drivers Just Lost Their CDLs. The Paper Trail Points to a Default Setting in the State’s Own Computer
More than 6,400 Texas commercial drivers now hold plain Class C licenses. Most people credit Washington’s new non-domiciled CDL rule for that. The rule matters, but the paper trail points first at something smaller: a default setting inside the state’s own licensing computer. The 49 percent problem FMCSA’s auditors went into the Texas Department of…
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Inkster Locked In 10 Years of Flock Cameras. The Next Day, the ‘Get the Flock Out’ Act Was Announced in Front of One
Inkster announced a 10-year Flock expansion on Oct. 13. The next day, Rep. Rashida Tlaib unveiled H.R. 10807, which gives federally funded plate readers 30 days to come down, in front of a Flock camera in Inkster.
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The Tesla Roadster That Flies Isn’t Approved for Public Roads, and Tesla’s Own Website Says So
Tesla’s own site says the Rocket Roadster that flies isn’t approved for public roads. The $50,000 reservation contract promises less than the 2017 version did.
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Norway’s Biggest Home Guard Drill of the Year Rode in Rental EVs. Some of Them Were Rolling Tape
Norway’s Home Guard spent a week in September rehearsing how to defend its capital. Some of its rental cars spent the same week making home movies. From September 14 to 18, nearly 5,000 soldiers trained across Oslo and Akershus in Exercise Hovedstad 2026, which the armed forces’ own announcement described as the year’s largest Home…
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Toyota’s RAV4 Plug-in Recall Began With a Rear Motor That Failed Safely
Toyota’s defect report traces the 2026 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid recall to a Denso motor control unit, a Japanese owner stuck in front-drive limp mode, and a test of what the same flaw would do to the front motors.
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Prichard Sanitation Driver Dies Two Months After Shootout Deputies Say He Started — in a City Garbage Truck, on a Revoked License
Prichard, Alabama, was already down to a skeleton crew of garbage truck drivers. Then deputies said one of them pointed a gun at a family on Jarrett Road while driving on a license that wasn’t valid. He has now died.
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Being Tracked by a Police Helicopter and a GPS Tag Didn’t Stop This Driver From Crashing Through Scottsdale Airport’s Gate and Into a Plane
Phoenix police say a car tied to a street racing group was tracked by helicopter and a bumper-mounted GPS tag. It ended up on Scottsdale Airport’s airfield.
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One in Five Families Fell Behind on a Loan Last Year. The Poorest Are Giving Up Their Cars.
The Fed’s new survey shows car ownership among the poorest families at a 20-year low, while lenders chase weaker credit and the new car-loan tax break skips used cars.
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New Cars Now Average $50,562, a Measly $52 Short of the All-Time Record. Here’s What That Number Isn’t Telling You
The average new car price hit $50,562 in September, $52 below the record. Here is what Kelley Blue Book’s number hides about segments, incentives and EVs.
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CHP Impounded a Street-Racing Nissan GT-R for 30 Days, Then Soundtracked the Evidence With “Break My Stride”
CHP San Diego says a Nissan GT-R was street racing on a local freeway. Officers seized it for 30 days, and the agency set the photos to “Break My Stride.”
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A Haines City Cop Was Three Months Into His Second Chance When He Got Arrested for DUI in His Marked Patrol Car Near Orlando City Hall
Joseph Everett was off duty but in his marked Haines City patrol vehicle when Orlando police arrested him on DUI charges near City Hall. He had been hired in July after a 2024 DUI case was dropped.
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Gas Up 34%, Insurance Down 5%: September’s CPI Moved the Cost of Driving From the Policy to the Pump
BLS data show gasoline up 34.2% and car insurance down 5.0% over the year. The cost of owning a car has stalled while the cost of driving it has jumped.
