Screenshot: ABC7 NY on YouTube In what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in New York, Sean Smith (40) and Deo Ramnarine (43) were sentenced this week for providing the car that their at-the-time-16-year-old son crashed in Queens last May. The driver, who had only a “junior driver’s license,” had not … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22 in a unanimous decision on Thursday. The ballot measure allows Uber, Lyft and a plethora of other gig app companies to classify drivers on their services as contractors instead of employees. Prop 22 passed in November 2020 with 58.6 percent of voters in favor of … Read more
Photo: Jason Henry / AFP Waymo is fighting back against the San Francisco populace lashing out against the still-in-development robotaxis roaming the city’s streets. The autonomous tech company is suing two people for allegedly vandalizing its vehicles in separate incidents early this year. While there have been several notable attacks on Waymo’s Jaguars, the company … Read more
A wave of car thefts is sweeping dealerships across Michigan this month, as a group of organized criminals has made off with hundreds of cars worth millions of dollars. Now, dealers across the state are taking matters into their own hands, calling in private security firms to try and bring the “unprecedented number” of thefts … Read more
Image: Tesla The Anaheim Police Department inquired about how to get a Tesla Cybertruck for its fleet before any other police department as early as February, recently leaked emails show. That’s despite the $100,000 truck likely serving no law enforcement purposes whatsoever. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) According to the emails viewed by 404 Media, … Read more
As it turns out, the Tesla Cybertruck isn’t completely useless. It can, apparently, be used as an ice cream truck that attracts bizarre vandals with questionable motives. At least that’s what happened to a Cybertruck owned by a man in Bellbrook, Ohio. A random woman vandalized his 2024 Cybertruck, and thus his ice cream business, … Read more
Screenshot: 7 News Miami Fast food workers at a Miami Popeyes got the surprise of their lives when a driver crashed her BMW into the front door of their restaurant on Sunday. The car reportedly plowed through a bus stop and smashed into the doors before finally stopping. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in … Read more
There are average men, there are heroes, and then there is this bad Blitch; Georgia man James Blitch drove over three hours — from Georgia to South Carolina — over the weekend just to lower a Confederate flag flying over the I-85. I Need A Car Thats Makes My Commute Bearable | WCSYB? Around 10:30 … Read more
A judge in the UK High Court has directed prosecutors to consider bringing criminal charges against computer scientist Craig Wright, after ruling that he lied “extensively and repeatedly” and committed forgery “on a grand scale” in service of his quest to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of bitcoin. In a judgment published Tuesday, Justice … Read more
The corruption allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are only getting worse after a review discovered last week that the RV-loving, yacht-riding, jet-setting judge did not recuse himself from a 2004 health insurance case despite a clear conflict of interest. I Need A Car Thats Makes My Commute Bearable | WCSYB? In 1999, Thomas … Read more
