Image: Brevard County Fire Rescue Sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue. One person probably feeling very statuesque is the owner of a home in Suntree, Florida, where a car jumped a ditch, ran over a sidewalk, plowed through the bushes, and crashed right through the glass doors, through the living…
US Army Captain Steve Voglezon hailed as Captain America after saving two in NC car accident Contrary to what The Avengers might have you believe, you do not need a full-body, multi-colored leather costume to be a superhero. In fact, you can be a superhero in as little as khaki shorts and a Captain America…
The 2015 Chevy Silverado Custom General Motors is touting the crashworthiness of the 2015 Chevy Silverado, a pickup truck that they say has been expertly designed to save drivers time and money when they take it into the body shop for repairs. “Designing automobiles to be both durable and light weight is a challenge for…
Terrafugia’s Flying Car Photo: Brough Turner Companies hoping to build flying cars are keeping their hopes up. American firm Terrafugia has already started accepting deposits for its “Transition” car/plane, which it hopes to begin producing in 2017. In Slovakia, AeroMobil hopes to finalize its design and start accepting deposits in two years. In the Netherlands,…
The Beetle, the Bug, the Slug Bug, the Ladybug, the Turtle, The Bubble… no matter what you call it, “The People’s Car” has become an iconic, unmistakable car around the world. With its plump body, wide fenders, and round headlights, the Volkswagen Beetle remains a pillar of the automaker’s lineup year after year. [wptab name=”What’s…
From left: Richard Hammond with the Rimac Concept One, Jeremy Clarkson with the Lamborghini Aventador S, and James May with the Acura NSX The Grand Tour is back on Amazon Prime with its second season, marking three old stooges’ continued effort to dick around in cars and stick it to the BBC. For the most…
Photo: First Coast News A transgender woman from a community in Orange Park, Florida is making some waves. She’s currently living out of her white Chevy Camaro, parked on the edge of a swampy two-acre plot of land she recently purchased for the bargain price of $5k. As John Gordon, one of the local neighbors,…
If you park your car outside during the winter months, you know that scraping the ice off your vehicle can be a huge hassle in the morning. You may want to hurry it up and simply get enough off your car to see out the windshield, but cutting corners can cause some major safety concerns. Around this…
Meet Chevrolet’s answer to the conventional cargo van: the 2018 Express Cargo, this year with an upgraded powertrain with more power than previously. Speaking of Cargo: Make those home-to-school trips easier with these vehicles [wptab name=”What’s New”] What’s New for the 2018 Chevrolet Express Cargo? For 2018, Chevrolet is giving the Express Cargo a new base…
Oops, wrong exit… The dash cam footage in this video never shows the face of the driver (or his passenger, for that matter), but something about his demeanor makes us think he might have long hair, a pair of shades, and a shaggy beard with a perpetual White Russian milk moustache. That’s because this motorist’s…
2018 Hyundai Accent When you head out the door onto the open road, you expose yourself to risks. Here are five important things to remember. Know Your Rights You have a right to compensation for medical, emotional, and property losses when victimized by another’s negligent, reckless, or intentional act. It’s your first obligation to focus…
You hear it. You hate it. You’ll do anything to stop the noise – especially if it’s buckling your seatbelt. That pesky chime – as well as legislation in Michigan that allows police to pull drivers over simply for not wearing a seatbelt – has helped increase seatbelt usage in Michigan to an impressive 93%….
Photo: Ford A new report reveals which small SUVs have the best pedestrian avoidance systems. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute have rated 11 small SUVs based on how well their automatic emergency braking functions prevented or mitigated crashes in a series of tests. Putting pedestrian avoidance through the…
Reuters has reported some interesting legal news this week, about a letter sent to Google by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in response to a proposed design for a self-driving car (with no need of a driver). The most interesting part reads, “NHTSA will interpret ‘driver’ in the context of Google’s described motor vehicle…
Denny Hamlin won this year’s Sprint Unlimited after undergoing off-season knee durgery Photo: CANDID1PHOTO The “Great American Race” isn’t until Feb. 21st, but NASCAR is already back in full effect as Denny Hamlin won this past weekend’s Sprint Unlimited exhibition race and Chase Elliott earned the pole for the 58th annual Daytona 500. Hamlin’s win…
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