Robert Kubica, once one of the most admired racers on the Formula One grid, drove an F1 car for the first time yesterday since his horror crash in early 2011 at the Ronde di Andora rally. The crash had partially severed his right forearm and though Kubica had been determined to return to the sport…
We’re always hearing about weird people doing weird things, but today’s story is one of the strangest (and most entertaining) we’ve heard in a while. This story comes to us from Dundee City in the UK, where a man recently crashed his car into a retail center before going on a naked rampage through a…
A couple in Hayward, California missed one strange wake up call on Tuesday morning. Around 2 a.m., a driver on Fairview Avenue had a bit of trouble maintaining control of their vehicle. According to investigators, the driver hit a guardrail, flying about 30 feet through the air and into the side of the couple’s home. The car landed with its rear wheels sitting…
The Hyundai Accent was determined to be the vehicle most likely to be involved in a fatal crash Memorial Day is often regarded as one of the most dangerous holidays to travel during. As such, the latest survey from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) couldn’t have been published at a more appropriate time. Unfortunately, the…
April 30th was a both a good day and a bad day for Russian soccer player Andrey Yeshchanko. Good: He was driving a $100,000 Nissan GT-R. Bad: He was driving it at 170 kph (105 mph) through Krasnodar’s city center and crashed headlong into a pole. Good: He walked away with no injuries. Bad: The…
It’s been almost 14 years since the original The Fast and the Furious hit theatres in June of 2001, and the series has changed considerably since then. Not in its sensibilities, which are still wonderfully juvenile, but in its ambitions. In the first film, Vin Diesel and his posse of elite street racers were getting…
Photo: Mazda Mazda vehicles are known to be stylish and fun to drive, but they’ve got a growing reputation for their impressive safety ratings. This year, every 2021 Mazda model tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety earned the prestigious Top Safety Pick+ designation. A Legacy of Quality: Mazda wins Best Car Brand title…
A photo of the aftermath of the fatal car accident that Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) was involved in a few months ago Photo: Twitter Video of Caitlyn Jenner’s fatal crash that took the life of 69-year-old Kim Howe has finally been released to the public. Here is the video of Jenner’s Cadillac Escalade colliding…
Cover for Using Naturalistic Driving Data to Assess the Prevalence of Environmental Factors and Driver Behaviors in Teen Driver Crashes Photo: AAA Today, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the results of a study looking at the causes of accidents involving teens. The study analyzed video—captured by an on-board video recorder—from nearly 1,700 crashes…
Photo: Thue via Wikimedia/CC While the idea isn’t always politically correct, numerous studies have been performed that illustrate the differences between men and women—the ways they think, the ways they communicate, the ways they form relationships—you name it. While there are always exceptions to the rules, there definitely seem to be trends within each of…
October 16th-22nd is National Teen Driver Safety Week, and to raise awareness of the dangers that younger drivers face on the road on a daily basis, Ford announced the results of a study conducted by the Governors Highway Safety Association and financed by a grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund. Tips for Safer Driving:…
The photo above—which appears to show Davey running into traffic, presumably in defiance of his dog Goliath’s warnings—is actually a shot of the new $14 million Active Safety Test Area that General Motors has just opened at its famous Milford Proving Ground. Partially in response to the ignition switch recalls, GM has been making a…
Ouch Last week, we shared a country-fried video of a Jeep CJ5 jump and roll that left the driver miraculously unharmed. Today we present another bit of YouTube gold that looks like it should have netted the driver a Darwin Award, but instead left him with only a broken wrist (and probably a lot of bills,…
GM CEO Mary Barra’s testimony has been released ahead of her meeting with Congress. This afternoon, Mary Barra will go before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight to testify on behalf of General Motors regarding the 2.53 million vehicles recalled for faulty ignition switches. While she will not be taking the…
Justin “Big Chief” Shearer reportedly posted a time of 4.36 at 175 mph in his new Pro Mod Last year Street Outlaws cast member Justin “Big Chief” Shearer frightened many of his fans when pictures and a video surfaced on the internet, which revealed he had been involved in a scary car crash that destroyed…
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