Category: Road Kill
Berdymukhamedov wins Turkmenistan’s first auto competition in a no-surprise finish
Turkmenistan’s president Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov drove in his country’s first automobile race. Guess who won. Berdymukhamedov, who also triumphed in the country’s most recent election with 97.14 percent of the vote against seven opponents, drove to the event in his Bugatti sports car, and upon arriving reportedly asked, “Can I take part?” According to an Associated [...]
Batman busted: No license plate on the Batmobile, er, Lamborghini
It may not be the Batmobile, but then we don’t think it was the real Batman either. The Washington, D.C., based radio station WTOP reports that when the Montgomery County (Md.) police pulled over a black Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, with only a Batman emblem where the license plate should be, and the driver was dressed [...]
Reporter keeps cool while on-air crash happens behind her (video)
An on-camera car crash behind an on-air WFLA-TV reporter didn’t faze her as much as the high gas prices that were the topic of her report. While Adrienne Pedersen was explaining the relationship of gas and oil prices, a car and a cab collided directly behind her with a solid thud, then spinning around as [...]
Driver saved by 38KKK breasts…but don’t tell NHTSA
Don’t tell the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Federal highway safety officials learning that a “model’s” oversized breast implants functioned as an airbag—or to use its official name, supplemental restraint system—may have unfortunate consequences for us all. According to a report in the London Daily Mail, Sheyla Hershey crashed into a tree and was protected [...]
Drive-through funeral home in L.A. has bulletproof glass…but no burgers
The drive-through mortuary is part of the mythology of the car-intensive American lifestyle, but in some cases, the ability to drive by with the recently deceased laid out behind glass is real. And despite Los Angeles being the possibly car craziest area in the U.S., the Adams Funeral Home in L.A. is reportedly the only [...]
Car steals itself, breaks into garage, Aussie cops say
A car stole itself and neatly parked in a garage, which the owners reported to police as a break-in. Call it two mysteries solved for the price of one: According to news.com.au, police in suburban Stirling, near Perth, Australia, had two crimes on their hands, one a stolen car and the other a garage that [...]
Roadside memorials for dead cows? Yes, PETA is at it again
You know those crosses people place on roadsides as a memorial for those who died in highway accidents? PETA wants to do the same for cows. Not just any cows, but cows that died in two specific unrelated truck crashes in Illinois. According to myfoxnews.com, “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants to buy [...]
Man steals date’s car–while on a date with her
Girls, make sure you know your beau before you give him the keys to your car. If he has a floppy red Mohawk, a spider tattoo on his neck and a list of priors, consider yourself lucky that he didn’t do anything worse than steal your car in the middle of your date. According to [...]
‘Narcissists’ in Ferraris: Accident in Japan called world’s most expensive
There’s a stretch of the Chugoku Expressway that will forever be notorious “as the place where all those Ferraris crashed.” The pileup of eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini Diablo, a Toyota Prius and four other cars including an ultrahigh performance Nissan GT-R is already being called the most expensive car crash in history, with estimates approaching [...]
‘Doctor’ uses Fix-A-Flat for buttocks injections
If you’re thinking of heading to Florida for some low-cost plastic surgery, you might want to verify the doctor has a valid license and didn’t get the supplies at Pep Boys. A 30-year-old transgender woman was arrested in Miami Gardens, Florida, accused of practicing medicine without a license and treating her patient who wanted buttock [...]
