Screenshot: WHAS A truck driver in Louisville, Kentucky will have one hell of a story to tell after his rig crashed through the barriers lining the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge on Friday. Louisville Metro Police stated that the Sysco tractor-trailer was involved in a collision before the cab was left dangling 70 feet over … Read more
Screenshot: Vox Humans are, let’s say, not good at picking up after ourselves. We leave trash behind essentially everywhere we go, including space. Back in 1978 NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler proposed a scenario in which low Earth orbit space pollution becomes so prevalent that collisions between objects could create a cascading spiral of more … Read more
Canadians may be nice, but as it turns out, they may not be the best drivers. That point was proven after a Canadian tourist made a wrong turn while on vacation in Hawaii, drove his rental Jeep Compass off a 60-foot cliff, fell out of it and got washed out to sea. Somehow, the bonehead … Read more
So, as it turns out, Boeing’s safety culture is as not good as we all expected it to be. A new report from federal safety experts found some major issues with its culture that include a “disconnect” between senior management and other employees. It was also described as both “inadequate” and “confusing.” That is not what … Read more
Photo: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency (Getty Images) The Boeing 737 Max door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 has put the aircraft manufacturer and its newest plane under intense scrutiny. The incident has also brought several figures from 2019, after the pair of Max crashes that killed 346 people, back into the public eye. Driving … Read more
The global pandemic has given way to another pandemic in America, where distracted driving is causing thousands of deaths on public roads and shows no signs of abating. New data shows the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in distracted driving specifically involving cell phone use in cars, which surged by 20 percent between 2020-2022, … Read more
The deck of the bridge fell after a boat crashed into its supports. Photo: Lu Hanxin/Xinhua (Getty Images) A cargo ship traveling near the Chinese city of Guangzhou caused disaster Thursday when it crashed into a highway bridge. The collision broke the deck of the bridge free from its supports and plunged four vehicles into … Read more
Photo: Jun Xu (Getty Images) An aircraft’s tires are usually an afterthought for most airline passengers. Despite only being on the ground for brief periods of time during most flights, planes still use their tires a great deal. Incredibly, aircraft tires rarely blow out but have relatively short lifespans. Ride Along in the 2024 Corvette … Read more
When you’re on a long flight, there’s nothing better than gazing aimlessly out the window at the clouds rushing by. When you’re gazing out the window, I image this serenity is somewhat shattered if you see chunks of the very plane you’re sitting on breaking off, as passengers on one Boston-bound flight witnessed this week. … Read more
A truck driver in Dayton, Ohio had an extremely violent wake-up call during their morning drive on Wednesday. They were eastbound on US-35 when their truck’s bed collided with an overpass. The structure wasn’t exceptionally low to the roadway beneath. The dump truck’s bed was raised. According to WHIO, The incident was reported to local … Read more
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