IIHS Releases Zero Driver Death List. Here’s Who’s Paying for It.
Six vehicles just posted a perfect record in the most sobering scorecard in the auto...
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California’s 100-MPH Crackdown Isn’t a New Law. It’s an Old One Wearing a Radar Gun
California has run this play before, just never on speeders. For thirty-five years the state...
O’Reilly Auto Parts Charged Workers Extra For Smoking. A Judge Just Said: Show Your Homework.
Everyone assumes a tobacco surcharge lawsuit is about the money. It rarely is. On July...
California Is Bragging About Falling Car Theft Numbers. It’s Suspiciously Quiet About Why
The California Highway Patrol wants you to know that vehicle theft fell 25 percent last...
A Private Surveillance Network Built on Tow Trucks Has Scanned 9 Billion License Plates. California Courts Just Said That’s Fine
Somewhere in California right now, a tow truck is rolling down a residential street, and...
A Truck Driver Rammed Down Three License Plate Cameras in Rural California. Flock Safety Barely Noticed
Marcus Bee allegedly drove roughly 150 miles from his home in Pismo Beach to a...
This State’s New AI Truck Cameras Aren’t Really About Safety. They’re About Lawsuits.
New Hampshire announced this week that its Department of Transportation is wiring artificial intelligence cameras...
Philly Recovered 30 Stolen Hondas In A Month. The Arrest Count Is Still Zero, And That’s The Real Story
A stolen car turning up isn’t the same as a case getting solved. Philadelphia just...
A Rental Car Theft Ring Shipped Stolen SUVs to Ghana for a Year. The Weak Link Wasn’t the Car.
Amadou Diol just got five years in federal prison for stealing more than 20 rental...
Honda CR-Vs Are Getting Gutted in 20 Minutes Flat, and the Real Culprit Is Bolted Under the Dash
This isn’t really a story about stolen Honda CR-Vs. It’s a story about a thirty-year-old...
He Allegedly Stole and Torched a Chevy Suburban. His Loyalty Card Turned Him In First.
Phoenix police say a 31-year-old man stole a Chevrolet Suburban from behind a Safeway, drove...
The Kill Switch Already in Millions of Financed Cars
Ask any repo agent how the job used to work, and you’ll hear the same...
Melbourne Busted a License Plate Knockoff Factory. America’s Toll Cameras Have the Same Blind Spot
A Melbourne crackdown netted 79 arrests and a guy who allegedly mass-produced 875 sets of cloned plates. The real story…
Wisconsin Gives Car Thieves a Legal Escape Hatch From a Felony. A Stolen Cadillac Chase (and a Loose Dog) Show Exactly How to Blow It
Forget the chase for a minute. The most interesting part of what happened outside Madison,...
A California Junkyard Just Burned Down Again. Congratulations, That’s Seven Since March
Early Sunday morning, a fire tore through an auto wrecking yard on Crows Landing Road...