Photos: Eva Rinaldi and Molly Treece In September of 1982, Knight Rider premiered on NBC, starring David Hasselhoff as police detective-turned-F.L.A.G. field agent Michael Knight. The Foundation for Law and Government (F.L.A.G.) was a high-tech organization led by billionaire Wilton Knight. The affluent man selected Michael as his primary agent, changed his last name to…
You’ve met your friends for a drink, which has turned into a few more over the course of the night; so should you hop in your car and drive home, or call a cab and play it safe? First of all, if you have to ask yourself, the answer is probably “you’re too drunk to…
Columbus is launching an experimental project to connect vehicles electronically and gather data to improve traffic safety Photo: Rod Berry/Ohio Stock Photography An experimental project in Columbus, Ohio, will connect vehicles electronically to help improve safety and traffic flow. It will also gather information that could pave the way for more widespread autonomous vehicle use….
2016 Ford Taurus Though the Ford Taurus has largely become something of an afterthought in the domestic market—largely sold to police departments in its Interceptor iteration—it has found new life in the ever-expanding Chinese marketplace. This explains to a large extent why Ford not only chose to debut the next-gen Taurus in China at the…
Ford will debut its 2021 Bronco on July 9, which just so happens to be O.J. Simpson’s birthday Photo: Ford Despite likely wanting to distance the new SUV from its least desirable association, Ford will debut the 2021 Bronco on, of all days, O.J. Simpson’s 73rd birthday. More Rugged New Fords: New Ranger gets off-road…
Halle Berry runs into a police station while her costar, a minivan, waits outside In movies with memorable car chases, the featured vehicle sometimes becomes just as iconic as the film’s human star. It’s hard to think of Bullitt without picturing both Steve McQueen and the 1968 Ford Mustang GT he drives, just as Sean…
It’s been over two years (831 days to be exact) since The Office aired its final episode here in the US, and each day since then, I have been filled with an intense emptiness that nothing can fill—but kudos to you for trying, Parks and Rec. The Office is a sick obsession for me; I can quote…
With a variety of updates, a choice of two bold exterior colors, and a limited-run, the T-spec edition is a worthy addition to the 2021 Nissan GT-R lineup, which also includes the sleek, sporty GT-R NISMO Special Edition. Available Now: 2021 Nissan GT-R Exterior elements The T-spec edition features wide front fenders and a carbon-fiber…
Photo: Max Pixel A “sidedrive” sounds like a strange term — probably because it is not an English word. However, driving on sidewalks is a hot trend this month. In New York, police are looking for a driver with charges of reckless endangerment. Footage from a New York elementary school captured a car mounting the…
Despite tougher laws and stiffer penalties, auto accident statistics show that drinking and driving is still a big problem on our roadways. Each year, approximately 290,000 people are injured by an impaired driver; around 10,000 are killed. How Not to Become a Statistic You don’t have to be the one drinking and driving to be…
I sure hope this car has some giddy up or my time is up. North Carolina is a beautiful place to visit, but you may not want to stay there long if you own one of these vehicles. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s annual Hot Wheels report for 2017, here are the top…
Atlanta rapper Young Dro was reportedly four hours late to his court appearance on August 20th Photo: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office In 2006, Atlanta rapper Young Dro burst onto the music scene with his hit single “Shoulder Lean,” which hit No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Nine years later, the rapper is in trouble…
On Oct. 29, 2018, the state of Ohio revised its definition of distracted driving and enhanced its penalties. In lieu of paying the extra $100 fine on top of the penalty for committing a moving violation, drivers can complete a Distracted Driver Course. But even if you don’t zip down the freeway at 120 MPH…
This man is either confused because some strangers just gave him an award for “Best Moustache,” or because he can’t figure out why he didn’t win for “Best Arm Tattoos” Chevrolet is continuing to promote its small car lineup with aggressively quirky marketing stunts. First, the bowtie brand released “Small Talk,” a series of bite-sized…
California is about to close a loophole that let people drive newly purchased vehicles off the lot without license plates. Starting Jan. 1, any vehicle purchased or leased at a dealership will be required to display temporary license plates. Currently, dealers send paperwork to the DMV, which then sends front and rear license plates to…
I was a voracious reader growing up and possessed an enthusiasm for role-playing. Unsurprisingly, one of my favorite book series in elementary school was Choose Your Own Adventure. I pored over the dozen entries in my school library about traveling through time, surviving dinosaur islands, and joining ancient civilizations, but it wasn’t until recently that I…
Driving is typically a mundane, uneventful experience, but every now and then, you’re faced with an unexpected situation–typically not a good one. One of the most stressful and panic-inducing situations to be in is becoming the target of an angry or suspicious driver who’s aggressively following you. If you find yourself to ever be the…
Like this one, but fresh from a river Photo: RL GNZLZ via CC Returning to your car after dinner or a movie to find that it’s no longer there is a nightmare. For one man in Defiance, Ohio, that nightmare managed to stretch for nearly three decades. The good news is that the vehicle, which…
No matter which state you live in, there are dozens of obsolete car laws that remain in place to this day. While it’s unlikely you’ll be arrested for any of the following offenses (except one; we’ll let you guess which), it’s still funny to read them and wonder why they were enacted in the first…
This is what an AMBER Alert sign on the highway looks like,br/>Photo: Takuvia Flickr/cc If you’ve been driving down the highway and seen a description of a vehicle flash across a digital screen above the road, it’s no doubt gotten your attention—and that’s on purpose. Those vehicle description broadcasts are part of the AMBER (“America’s Missing:…
Dogs are man’s best friend, but they can’t do everything we can. One of the more obvious things is drive a car. One not-so-good boy in Florida decided to try his hand – er, paw – behind the wheel with an hour-long joyride in Port St. Lucie. Comfort for Long Drives: The Chevrolet Blazer is…
Despite the belief held by some that smoking pot even once will turn normal people into depraved and murderous degenerates (thanks, Reefer Madness!), the movement to legalize recreational and medicinal use of marijuana has been gaining traction in the last several years. One thing that Reefer Madness did get right (well, about as close to…
She took a shot She took a shot of booze Oh what a thing to do And they were all Jell-O There’s a time and a place for Jell-O shots. Driving a bus full of passengers is not one of them. This was the lesson that 53-year-old bus driver Tammy Jones learned after she was…
When it comes to breaking into a hot vehicle to get out a trapped animal, explicit laws on who can enter the vehicle and which animals can be retrieved vary somewhat. A quick note, here, is that often even if there isn’t a specific law prohibiting having an animal in a hot car, the situation…
The 2016 Ford Taurus, as seen in China, may ultimately be imported rather than built in the United States The Taurus was once a lynchpin name in the Ford lineup, with more than 7,500,000 units built from its 1986 launch through the 2007 model year. Dwindling sales and a shift in interest toward SUVs led…
If you’ve ever been behind the wheel of a Chevy Silverado, you’re likely familiar with this truck’s pleasing performance specs — especially when it comes to towing. As impressive as the Silverado’s strength is, though, it’s still a good idea to stick within Chevy’s recommended towing specs before hitching it to something heavy. A driver…
Photo: SEVEN24 Films With its supernatural-Western atmosphere, hilarious quips, and remarkable cast, Wynonna Earp was praised as one of the best television shows of 2017 by Variety. After a week-long binge of the first two seasons, I found myself eager for the next season of demon-hunting antics. What struck me as intriguing was the collection…
GM’s forward collision warning and autobrake are evidently effective Photo: Chevrolet Unsurprisingly, automakers continually state that their front crash prevention systems keep drivers safe on the road. Still, evidence from independent organizations has begun piling up in support of these statements. Most recently, a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concluded that…
If you’ve ever wondered who cleans up after a car crash, you’re not alone. We’ve done a bit of digging and unearthed some interesting facts that answer this question. Personalized and Professional: Reasons to service your vehicle at Hometown Motors Photo: Rasbak Responsible parties According to the state troopers with the Duluth News Tribune, the…
Automakers have, over the past few years, been feverishly equipping their new vehicles with driver-assist active safety features—some of the basic of which are lane departure warning and blind spot detection systems. However, when I channel my inner curmudgeon, the first question that comes to mind, after a number of skeptical harrumphing noises, is “Do…
A Houston car salesman had the scare of his life during a recent test drive A routine test drive was anything but routine earlier this week for one Houston car salesman. On Monday night, Jose Martinez was taken advantage of by a customer who wanted a discount on a Dodge Challenger—a five-finger discount, that is….
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…
Long Island resident James Campbell’s wooden passenger Photo credit: Suffolk County Police Department A Long Island man was caught commuting in Long Island Expressway’s HOV lane with a wooden figure in a hoodie as his passenger. A Suffolk County Highway Patrol officer, who pulled the man over for speeding at 77 mph in the carpool-only…
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…
The inflatable safety belt can be found in the 2013 Ford Flex Ford believes that there is no such thing as too much of a good thing—particularly when it comes to safety technology. That’s why the automaker today issued a plea to its competitors: please, use our patented safety technology. Ford is offering licenses to…
Just say the word, and it will happen in a new A-Class sedan. Photo: Mercedes-Benz USA A Mercedes-Benz Super Bowl ad introduced the OEM’s new A-Class high-tech sedan with a thought-provoking idea on Sunday night during the second quarter of the Big Game. Learn More: About the 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class What if everything in your…
Much of the hype for Ford heading into January’s North American International Auto Show surrounds the return of the Mustang Shelby GT500, but given that Detroit is the Blue Oval’s home turf, it’s likely that there will be a whole slew of cool new things on display. Count among this list the 2020 Ford Explorer,…
Winning a Corvette is a pretty exciting experience (we imagine). Basic math would dictate that winning two Corvettes would double the fun—especially when one’s a brand new supercharged Z06, and the other’s a classic 1967 Stingray. That’s the exciting opportunity being offered by the 2015 Dream Giveaway, which is raffling off the two cars to raise…
Photo: Quote Catalogh Earlier this month, a tweet from Twitter user and Lyft rider Tiffany D. Jackson went viral for all the right reasons. In the post, she laid out a discussion she had with her driver, who noticed her opening and closing the door after she got in the car. Turns out she was…
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