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Ford sued over Mustang accident injuring students on field trip
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, eight…
Trailer-Tractor Collides with Highway Exit Sign, Detaching Raised Bed | Giga Gears
Some people just aren’t early risers. Our work might suffer a bit when our minds aren’t running at 100 percent. However, some of us drive tractor-trailers for a living, where mistakes are never small. A 62-year-old Virginian is facing reckless driving charges after plowing a raised trailer bed into a highway exit sign…
“Feds May Take Action as Giant Trucks and SUVs Pose Deadly Threat | Giga Gears”
Cars are safer than they have ever been — at least for the people inside of them. As long as you’re wearing your seatbelt, you should be just fine in a crash. Unfortunately for the people outside the cars, though, that’s not the case. By design, big, heavy trucks and SUVs with tall, flat hoods are extremely dangerous…
Truck Theft and Rampage: Driver Tows Pickup, Causing Widespread Damage [Update] | Giga Gears
A lot of drivers on America’s roads are pretty angry, but perhaps nobody is quite as angry as this pickup owner who had their truck towed in New York this weekend. Instead of letting the tow truck drive off with their Chevrolet, the owner instead fought off the tow truck driver, stole their vehicle and drove off in a…
“American Airlines Flight Diverted by First-Class Vaper: Similar to Smoking | Giga Gears”
The federal government banned smoking on all flights 24 years ago, but one passenger didn’t get the memo that the ban also included vaping. On Tuesday, an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Dallas-Fort Worth diverted to Oklahoma because of an incident caused by someone in first class openly vaping. Accounts…