Photo: Brendan Hoffman (Getty Images) Two airliners almost collided on a runway at Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 was cleared to taxi across a runway, while a JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 was about to take off on the same runway. WTOP reports the potential disaster … Read more
Scientists are developing all kinds of wild tech to try and change our climate, including carbon capture machines to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and special chemicals that can create rain clouds in places susceptible to drought. Now, those very creations are being blamed for record-breaking flooding in the Middle East, but experts say … Read more
The airborne car jumped a pickup and smashed into the garage. Screenshot: NBCLA via YouTube Drivers have jumped all kinds of mad stuff in recent months, including one who got airborne jumping over a low-loader on a highway. Now, a driver in California got some serious air and managed to hop over a parked pickup … Read more
Photo: Tom Williams / Contributor (Getty Images) Last we heard from former North Carolina representative Madison Cawthorn, he had just been caught driving on a revoked license for a second time. He’d been pulled over three times in five months. The credibly accused sex pest who also had a habit of trying to take guns … Read more
After the MV Dali brought down the Franklin Key Bridge in Baltimore, folks wondered how this could happen, and could it happen again? As if to answer this unspoken question, it almost immediately happened again: the APL Qingdao lost power near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York Harbor earlier this month. Behind The Wheel Of … Read more
About 3 million Hondas are facing increased scrutiny from the U.S. National Traffic Safety Administration after over 1,000 complaints about the unexpected activation of the vehicle’s automatic emergency braking system. Now, those cars are facing an engineering analysis from the organization. I Need A Car That Can Handle New York Winters | WCSYB? The probe … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, April 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make A Lot More F-150 Lightnings 1st Gear: Ford Cuts Up To $5,500 … Read more
Multiple people have suffered serious injuries after a man allegedly crashed a semi-truck into a Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas on Friday. That suspect is now in custody, according to ABC News. Celebrating 45 Years of the Toyota Supra The man was apparently denied a commercial driver’s license on April 11 and … Read more
If you want to show off your prized classic car, a slick photo shoot is a must. Whether you line up on a twisty mountain pass to snap the shots, an abandoned automotive plant that may be from the same era as your car, or a boat ramp offering idyllic view out over a lake, … Read more
While car design has changed radically over the decades, school buses look almost the same as they did nearly 100 years ago. Sure, they now carry more safety tech, but the big yellow bus with the bulbous front end has endured since 1939. It turns out, it’s not lack of imagination or nostalgia that have … Read more
