These Are The Most Dangerous Roads You’ve Ever Driven
“In April of 1993 I took my 1989 Firebird on a driving tour of the western United States. I’d planned it for months and it was a big deal for …
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Google Street View Car Involved In 100 MPH Police Chase
Photo: Smith Collection/Gado (Getty Images) Google Street View is an incredibly useful tool. Though, someone has to capture all of the imagery needed to create Street View. The tech giant …
How Cities Can Reduce The Number Of People Killed By Drivers Of Massive Vehicles
We write a lot about pedestrian safety here, and it’s not because we hate cars. It’s because we generally believe that killing people is bad, and it doesn’t somehow become …
New York Bill Aims To Electronically Limit Serial Speeders
Photo: Gardiner Anderson for NY Daily News (Getty Images) Last year, New York City launched a pilot program to trial active speed limiters on a fleet of 50 municipal vehicles. …
California Court Rules Cars Can’t Be Towed For Unpaid Parking Tickets
Image: Liz Hafalia (AP) If you live in California, namely the San Francisco Bay, and you owe on a bunch of parking tickets, you just got a huge break. CBS …
What’s Behind The NYPDs Sudden Spike In Car Chases?
New York police love a car chase, and the cost is starting to be felt by the people they’re meant to protect. A Next-Gen Bolt EV Is On The Way …
Texas Has A Deadly Speeding Problem
Texas is trying to curb speeding in the state due to a high rate of fatalities that can be traced to speed-related car crashes. This summer, the Texas Department of …
Motor Home Crashed Into 19 Cars In Northern California
Screenshot: YouTube/KTVU Apparently, today is Weird Crash Day here at Jalopnik. First, there was the truck in Connecticut that spilled so much “human waste” on the highway that 10 vehicles …
Higher Speed Limits Offer Few Benefits, More Deaths: AAA
A new study from AAA found that, on the whole, raising speed limits does little to benefit drivers in terms of travel time and goes a long way towards raising …
Connecticut Cops Allegedly Issued 26k Fake Tickets To Hide Racism
An investigation is reportedly being launched in Connecticut after an audit found a “high likelihood” that hundreds of Connecticut State Police troopers have been falsifying tens of thousands of traffic …