Kentucky Wants Street Racers to Watch Their Cars Get Crushed. The Bill Keeps Dying Anyway.
Kentucky's HB 425 would have let a judge order a street racer's car destroyed. It died April 15. Louisville, Las…
California
442 People Were Cited for Watching an L.A. Street Takeover. The Law Had Been Waiting Since 2002.
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least…
Prosecutors Say a Drugged Driver Killed Two People on an LA Bus. Three More Died Covering the Crash, and She Isn’t Charged for Those. Yet.
Bailee Lynn Rios faces two second-degree murder counts in the Chatsworth Metro bus crash. Whether she's charged for the three…
California Opened the Door to Robot Semis. Most of the Homework Gets Done in Texas.
California's new heavy-duty AV rules demand a million autonomous miles before a driverless semi can deploy, but up to 800,000…
California Just Made CARB’s Silence Mean Yes on Aftermarket Parts
Governor Gavin Newsom signed three car bills on September 16. Two of them got a...
Today in Automotive History: September 23, 2020 — The Order Behind California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban
On Sept. 23, 2020, Newsom signed the order behind the California gas car ban. It never banned a gas car,…
A Waymo Spotted a Rifle, Pulled Itself Over, and Called SFPD on Its Own Riders
Waymo spotted a firearm in one of its driverless cars, stopped it and called police. The cameras, the hotline and…
California Will Yank Your Registration Over a Loud Exhaust Ticket. Yes, Really.
A one-day Orange County crackdown produced 18 loud exhaust citations. The real story is what happens to those tickets after…
California Redesigned Its License Plates. The Math Didn’t Change At All.
California is switching to a three-numbers-three-letters-one-number plate sequence. The math is identical to the old format, which tells you the…
Zoox Can Legally Build 2,500 Robotaxis a Year. It Still Can’t Charge You a Dime for a Ride in San Francisco.
Zoox holds two of California’s four robotaxi permits, and neither one allows it to take your money. The free rides…
California’s New Plate-Flipper Law Fines the Builder $1,000. The Driver Still Pays $250.
Somewhere in the fine print of a new California law is a detail that got...
A Teen Hit 123 MPH in a Corvette. Chevrolet Already Built the Fix — and Buried It in a Menu.
CHP says a teen hit 123 mph in a Corvette. The overlooked story is that Chevrolet already ships a factory…
A $3,359 Exhaust Won’t Make the Charger Sixpack Sound Like a V8 — the Noise You Want Is in the Crankshaft
MagnaFlow rates its own Charger Sixpack system MODERATE outside and MILD inside — and excludes sound from the warranty. The…
Congress Couldn’t Kill This 2013 Rule, So the EPA Just Sent It Back for Round Two
The Congressional Review Act gives Congress 60 days to kill a rule. The EPA reopened that window on waivers from…
California Just Gave Classic Cars a Smog Exemption That Expires in 2033 — By Design
Jay Leno’s Law reads like the biggest favor Sacramento has done for classic car owners...