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“Ford Truck Exceeds Weight Limit, Damages Historic Bridge | Giga Gears”
Americans have a real issue with restrictions on their roads, whether it’s speed limits that nobody sticks to, height restrictions that all kinds of tall vehicles miss or weight limits that certain bridges can’t sustain. Case in point, a driver in Maine crashed through a historic crossing last month after attempting…
Takata Airbags Continue to Cause Fatalities | Giga Gears
The death toll related to faulty Takata-built airbags continues to grow as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirms a 28th related fatality. On Tuesday the agency reported yet another air bag inflator death in a saga that has been ongoing since 2009, this one involving a Honda which crashed in…
“Cybertruck Fire: Wet Crash with Fire Hydrant Sparks Blaze | Giga Gears”
Tesla’s flagship Cybertruck electric pickup does not like water. The truck has been bricked going into car washes, got stranded on the banks of a small European lake and now a Cybertruck has burst into flames after hitting a fire hydrant that drenched its battery pack.
Boeing’s Starliner: Unresolved Issues and Uncertainty
Boeing’s Starliner mission has been an utter cock up for the aerospace company. Shortly after the craft launched to the International Space Station with two astronauts onboard, issues were found with the craft that mean Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will now be stuck in space until 2025. Now, it’s emerged that the…
Man miraculously survives being run over by freight train and tangled in wheel axle
Few vehicle-pedestrian collisions are more catastrophic than a person getting hit by a train. A freight train ran over a 20-year-old man in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Monday night. Surprisingly, the man survived what the Ann Arbor Fire Department called a “once in a career” incident. The typically fatal collision resulted…