Category: Road Kill
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 [...]
Aussie glow green in school zone safety project: 40 points for each
Never mind that putting numbers on their backs makes them look like targets from a video game, Australian elementary school children are being “encouraged” to wear florescent green vests because their older brothers and sisters are zoned out on IPODS and mobile phones. The electronic devices are being blamed for distracting teenagers while crossing roads, [...]
Looking for mom, 5-year old drives SUV – but not very far
A five-year old Ohio girl will have a long time living down how she backed her mother’s 1999 Lincoln Navigator across the street in an effort to find her missing mom, and then calling 911 when she apparently didn’t know what to do next. When little Ameleah Kegley arrived home from school, her mother wasn’t [...]
