Photo: United States Army A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the government is primarily responsible for a snowmobiler crashing into a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a trail at night in March 2019. While the judge also criticized the 48-year-old man for speeding and wearing tinted goggles, he was awarded … Read more
2023 Chevrolet Corvette StingrayImage: Chevrolet Being a car thief is dumb. Being a car thief who gets caught inside of a car is even dumber. Being a car thief who gets stuck inside of the car they are actually trying to steal? Dumbest person on earth. And that’s exactly what happened to one Florida Corvette … Read more
License plate scanner usage by law enforcement has exploded in the last decade or so. One company that makes the software used in the scanners saw a near 3,000 percent increase in usage in the period of 2017-2019. Even a decade ago, millions of plates were being scanned using the tech. So we must wonder, … Read more
Image: Scotland Neck Police Department Facebook When someone is willing to steal a car and lead police on a high-speed chase, it usually doesn’t end well, and sometimes the circumstances are hard to believe. We’ve seen everything from a Google Street View car going over 100 mph before crashing into a creek to a U-Haul … Read more
Image: WBNS 10TV / YouTube While Donald Trump’s claims that Haitian immigrants are kidnapping and eating pets aren’t supported by any evidence, vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s exaggerated statements regarding a child killed in an Ohio school bus crash in August 2023. The father of the deceased child is telling Trump’s supporters to leave him and … Read more
Photo: Steelkamp / Wikimedia Commons An Australian court ordered an unruly passenger to cover the costs of jet fuel dumped so his flight could be diverted on Monday. The 33-year-old man will pay $5,750 for the fuel along with a $5,980 fine for his actions. The passenger was on a 4-hour flight in September 2023 … Read more
Image: Marko Law, PLLC Two elementary school students were seriously injured while on a field trip to Ford’s test track in Auburn Hills, Michigan. A demonstration driver, in what appears to be a Mustang, lost control of the machine and ran headlong into the guardrail behind which the classroom of students had gathered. Elijah Gibson, … Read more
Police in Maryland are trying their best to stop a 12-year-old suspect from burglarizing car dealerships outside of Washington, D.C., but their efforts are severely hampered by the fact he’s too young to be arrested or jailed for most nonviolent offenses under the state’s juvenile justice laws. 2025 Jetta GLI: The Last Manual Volkswagen The … Read more
Image: Scott Olson (Getty Images) You’d have to be a special kind of dumb to steal from your own job. It looks like a Canadian car salesman may be just that kind of dumb after he was arrested for using fraud to buy cars from his own dealership. 2025 Volkswagen Jetta SEL Offers A Lot … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik As Pennsylvania police announced double homicide charges against a woman for a fatal March DUI crash, they mentioned she was using some of the driver-assistance functions that can be found in her car, a Ford Mustang Mach-E. State and federal investigators say the woman’s crossover struck a stationary vehicle of … Read more
