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Why This Uber Rider Felt He Had to Film His Own Driver Asleep at 65 MPH
The Video That Shouldn’t Have Needed to Exist A rideshare trip on one of Southern California’s busiest freeways turned into something an Orange County passenger felt he had no real choice but to document. Earlier this year, the rider pulled out his phone and recorded his Uber driver apparently asleep behind the wheel of a…
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Freed From Jail, He Allegedly Stole a Car From the Courthouse Parking Lot Within Minutes
A Second Chase, Days After the First Most people released from jail try to keep a low profile. Florida authorities say a 23-year-old from Miami Gardens did the opposite, allegedly leaving custody and almost immediately stealing a Ford SUV from a courthouse parking lot before leading officers on his second high-speed chase in under a…
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His Excuse for Doing 110 in a 45 Zone Somehow Made Things Worse for Him
A Speeding Stop That Turned Into Something Else Entirely There are ordinary speeding stops, and then there’s whatever reportedly unfolded on U.S. Highway 27 last week. Lake County deputies say they pulled over an 85-year-old man clocked at 110 mph in a 45 mph zone in the middle of the night. He reportedly didn’t dispute…
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A Waymo Blew Past Cones, Cops, and Common Sense on Highway 101 — Then Kept Driving
Waymo has recalled the software running on nearly 4,000 of its robotaxis after regulators tied the fleet to a string of work-zone mishaps, including seven separate incidents on Bay Area roads in a single day last month, according to notices filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. One of those incidents happened to San…
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Thieves Stole an Australian Mom’s Truck With Her Baby Inside — Then Drove Back to Return Her
Sarah Hill, 32, was standing in the driveway of her Garbutt home in Townsville, Australia, tidying out her black Isuzu D-Max ute on a Monday afternoon, when a group of thieves sped off with the vehicle. Her two-month-old daughter, Cali, was asleep in the back seat. In a matter of seconds, both the truck and…
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The 2027 Ram 1500 Fires Back at the New Silverado With Seven Engines and a 777-HP SRT
Chevy rolled out a redesigned Silverado expecting to own the conversation this year. Ram’s answer was to empty its entire engine catalog onto the table: the 2027 Ram 1500 ships with a menu of seven distinct powertrains, topped by a 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI V8 rated at 777 horsepower and 680 lb.-ft. of torque. That is…
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A Dead NASCAR Champion Just Won Maine’s Moose Lottery and Honestly That Tracks
Some news stories are strange enough to stop you mid-scroll, and Maine’s latest moose permit drawing produced exactly that kind of double-take. Among the names pulled in the state’s yearly lottery was a former NASCAR champion who, by every available account, had already passed away before the results were posted. The winning entry belonged to…
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GM Cut 1,000 Detroit Jobs, Added 50 Robots, Then Posted a $4.25 Billion Quarter
General Motors just sidelined more than 1,000 workers at its flagship Detroit assembly plant and brought in 50 robots to help fill the gap, and the people who build its cars are not staying quiet about it. The move comes as the company pulls back hard on its electric vehicle plans, and it has lit…
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Honda Hasn’t Confirmed a New Element, But the Internet Won’t Let the Rumor Die
Let’s get one thing straight before the comments section catches fire: Honda has not announced a new Element. There’s no press release, no leaked patent filing, no spy shots of a camouflaged box being flogged around the Nürburgring. What there is, instead, is a corner of the internet that refuses to let the boxy little…
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The Corvette Aftermarket Built a Second Version of America’s Sports Car
This sadly might be the first of many.
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Why Your Car Battery Dies While Parked, and How to Actually Diagnose It
If you’ve ever returned to a car that sat for a week or two only to find a dead battery, you’ve likely encountered what mechanics call “parasitic drain.” Understanding it can save you the frustration of a no-start morning and an unnecessary jump. Your Car Is Never Actually “Off” A modern vehicle is never truly…
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A Tesla Crashed Through a Fence Into a Connecticut Pool, and a Teenage Lifeguard Pulled the Driver Out
Lifeguards train for drowning swimmers, not for cars. So when a Tesla came crashing through a fence and ended up sitting in the middle of a public pool in New Canaan on Tuesday, the young man on duty had to improvise a rescue nobody prepares for. The driver was not struggling in the water because…
