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The percentage of U.S. teens with driver’s licenses has dropped again, according to new stats from the Federal Highway Administration. As Bloomberg’s Justin Fox put it, the statistics “have more or less plateaued at levels much lower than those of a few decades ago.” As of 2018, just 25.6 percent of American 16-year-olds could legally drive….

“This office has probably reviewed upwards of a hundred police shootings, and this is the first time that we thought, ‘this is, without question, a murder.’” This quote came from Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters while announcing murder charges against University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing. Ray Tensing shot and killed 43-year-old motorist Samuel DuBose during…

Photo: Roman Pohorecki Some drivers just can’t (or won’t) change their bad-driving behaviors. And, it’s not because they’ve never been caught or suffered the consequences of an accident. Driving Tips: How to stay safe when driving in the rain According to research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, drivers who’ve experienced a crash aren’t…

With spring here and summer on its way, road trip season will be underway shortly. As you prepare your playlist for your cross-country drive, you’ll want to seriously consider what songs you pick–and not just for sing-along potential! According to a study using UK-based Confused.com’s MotorMate app, the music you listen to in the car affects…

Photo: David Adam Kess via CC Considering the fact that 2020 has been going on for roughly 450,000 years, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the year 1963 ever actually happened. While it wasn’t exactly a bastion of positivity — this was the same year as the Kennedy assassination — a few good things did…

Photo: Jerry “Woody” via CC If you drive a car and are following the law, chances are your vehicle has been registered with your home county and possesses vehicle registration plates. These “license plates” are used for identification purposes in places around the world. But, how much do you really know about those mysterious plates…

Sometimes, I think that the world would be a lot more interesting if we could all use James-Bond-style hidden gadgets, like phones hidden in tissue boxes and such. Now, it seems that police in Lucas County, Ohio, are living in interesting times, because they have outfitted their cruisers with a device straight out of a…

© Universal Studios The newest Death Race movie has arrived, and with it 11 fearsome drivers competing in a ferocious battle to the death to become king of The Sprawl. Across four stages, these ferocious vehicles will go head-to-head in a pedal-stomping, gear-grinding battle viewed by 54 million viewers via 250 live camera feeds. These are…

Zach McGowan as Connor Gibson, confronting Frankenstein in the new film Death Race: Beyond Anarchy © Universal Studios Few people can say they’ve come face-to-face with Frankenstein — the notorious masked driver of the Death Race series — and lived to talk about it. We were lucky to track down actor Zach McGowan, star of…

Considering that we have been covering the approach to Jun. 24 for over six months, you should know what happened yesterday in Saudi Arabia. At midnight, the law of the land officially permitted Saudi Arabian women to drive. While some women waited until daylight to take their first trips, several women who were too excited…

Photo: Joonas Tikkanen Driving during the late hours can leave you exhausted. This is especially true if you just left a late screening of Avengers: Endgame with friends or a day-long gathering with family that included two big feasts and loads of chatter and gossip. Drowsiness is in our blood, but driving with it can…

Confound your toll, troll! Photo: Wasted Time R Nobody likes to pay tolls while they are out on the road. However, if you want to get to your destination, then sometimes you have to face the music and hand over your cash to the tollbooth. Anthony Cotugno of Newark, New Jersey thought that he could…

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Photo: FCA The coronavirus pandemic has led to an increased need for face masks and other personal protective equipment. As a result, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently announced that it will manufacture over 1 million face masks each month. The Best Diesel Pickups: The Ram truck lineup Plans for the face masks FCA…